Brading on the Isle of Wight could be Island's most cut-off town

Is Brading annually the most cut off town on the Island?

It's either nature (flooding), road works (maintenance) or gas problems (as current).

Brading residents without motor vehicles, relying on public transport, are totally stranded during these periods, which is the case now. 

Stranded for essential shopping trips, or worse for medical trips to GPs and the hospital - yet no-one seems to give a care?

During such times why can't Southern Vectis lay on a shuttle bus ferrying passengers to a local bus stop point, say Tesco in Ryde, to meet onwards buses in the direction of Sandown-Newport in one direction and Ryde in the other direction?

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Tesco-Ryde is a safe bus stop, as no-one has to cross a road to meet a bus.

The shuttle bus could come into Brading from Ryde direction to the Church or Bullring stops - the most used bus stops in Brading - and then double back to Tesco-Ryde for these onwards connections.

Surely, a little joined-up thinking by Island Roads, the gas company (in this instance) and Southern Vectis could solve this problem?