asitis Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Covid , the excuse that keeps on giving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleepyJoe Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 There may be some financial impact of covid inflicted delays, but 'significant' ? It's not as though it's revenue generating Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beelzebub3 Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 2 hours ago, asitis said: Covid , the excuse that keeps on giving. Especially to the CS, all the overtime done this year will be worthy of note, unless of course they are doing it free for the good of the Island. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asitis Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 1 hour ago, SleepyJoe said: There may be some financial impact of covid inflicted delays, but 'significant' ? It's not as though it's revenue generating Yup like double or treble ? nonsense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Flint Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 On 4/8/2021 at 11:26 PM, P.K. said: I wouldn't be in the least bit surprised that the cost of abandoning this folly hasn't even been looked at. Personally l suspect looking at Liverpool sans a freight option is built on purely historical grounds. Why use tonnage designed for freight at this berth at all? Also for me there is nothing worse than threading my way through Liverpools morning rush hour to make a morning crossing. Especially as the new M6 spur makes Heysham very much the stress free option. However the public transport at Heysham is pants. This is an opportunity to create a better and more flexible option than the current offerings and they're letting it go begging... I proposed this in March last as the pandemic took hold. Close the project and take the hit on the expenditure so far. It was never the right thing to do, and Covid was the perfect face saving excuse to write it off. But Manx Government hubris, the need for ‘projection of power’, usurped any sensible resolution. come September, I hope Manx voters ask members how they voted on this issue, and why? 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Power Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 5 hours ago, Derek Flint said: I proposed this in March last as the pandemic took hold. Close the project and take the hit on the expenditure so far. It was never the right thing to do, and Covid was the perfect face saving excuse to write it off. But Manx Government hubris, the need for ‘projection of power’, usurped any sensible resolution. come September, I hope Manx voters ask members how they voted on this issue, and why? I'm totally in favour of Liverpool as the main port but with freight and decent passenger facilities. Once they realised that full freight handling was out of the question, IoMG should have walked away. The costs have escalated to embarrassing levels, particularly as nobody seems to have a handle on them. We are building a facility which will be as much a benefit to Liverpool as the IoM and they should be meeting some of the costs. Heysham is a disgrace. People arriving at that railhead must be waiting for the SS officer to point them left or right as they get off the train! (In fact they do have their own uniformed version on security) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asitis Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 I am surprised, actually thinking about it I'm not, that some of our elected haven't been asking some awkward questions about just how costs go to 53 million from 3 million or even 9 million. Thats some difference to explain away imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finlo Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 7 minutes ago, asitis said: I am surprised, actually thinking about it I'm not, that some of our elected haven't been asking some awkward questions about just how costs go to 53 million from 3 million or even 9 million. Thats some difference to explain away imo. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleepyJoe Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 A case for the Auditor General Where is the Auditor General? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryFuchwit Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 34 minutes ago, asitis said: I am surprised, actually thinking about it I'm not, that some of our elected haven't been asking some awkward questions about just how costs go to 53 million from 3 million or even 9 million. Thats some difference to explain away imo. It isn't 53m though. That's already been clarified? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleepyJoe Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 I thought it was now £57m Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted April 11, 2021 Author Share Posted April 11, 2021 The link to the document that Max Power posted (Topic P8, April 2nd) being the question from Claire Barber, now doesn't appear to work for some reason 🤔. AT posted on Thursday last that the £53M was a "publication error". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryFuchwit Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 It was stated that it remained st 38m? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2112 Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 36 minutes ago, SleepyJoe said: A case for the Auditor General Where is the Auditor General? Sat by the Tynpotwald Magic Money Tree with the Witchfinder General and the Noncefinder General. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finlo Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 1 minute ago, TerryFuchwit said: It was stated that it remained st 38m? Not for long! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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