There’s not much better than a good road trip, and in the UK we have some absolutely stunning driving routes. But soon one of the most scenic stretches of road in the country could fall into the sea. Make sure to check it out while you still can, unless you don’t like heights, in which case you’ll probable want to give this one a miss.
Councillors have warned that Military Road, on the Isle of Wight, could fall into the sea within the next year. In February 2024 senior council officials said that the road – a stretch of the A3055 connecting Freshwater Bay and Chale –could be ‘washed into the sea’ within two years.
Some sections of the road, which was named one of the most scenic in the UK by Visit England, are just metres away from the sheer drop of the cliff edge, which is pretty hair-raising stuff. And erosion from the sea is causing the road to become ever closer to the edge every day.
Concerns were raised over the road in February last year when holes opened up between Chale and Freshwater. At the time, councillor Colin Rowland said it could be ‘anything between two and 10 years before the Military Road is washed away’.
Isle of Wight Council has been working to find a solution, but it could me re-routing the scenic road away from the cliffs, or upgrading the existing inland roads to take extra diverted traffic.
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