Dave Hedgehog Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 Looks like the prom work will be starting soon. There is a notice in the courier for parking restrictions on both sides for the entire length of the prom (in phases) from Sep 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Hedgehog Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 Told ya https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/work-at-last-on-douglas-promenade/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 4 years of avoiding Douglas then. I'm ok with that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yootalkin2me Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 3 hours ago, TheTeapot said: 4 years of avoiding Douglas then. I'm ok with that. 4 years of Douglas avoiding you. Theyre ok with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hissingsid Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 I bet they still have not located the old gas mains. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gettafa Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Manx Radio: First tram lines laid on Douglas prom . Compete with Howard Quayle doing a bit of "hoping" it will all be ok come 2020. I do wonder if the Promenade was in such a terrible condition in the first place. Looking at the excavations it doesn't appear so bad. But anyway, I wonder if this is going to be another Richmond Hill / Peel Road style cock-up. I always get the feeling these days that the contractors are just taking the piss and the civil servants and government employees who are supposed to be responsible for overseeing the work are just spending their time on the internet working out holidays to spend all their retirement big wedge on. They'll be well away before any likely shit hits the fan. If all goes well and God willing, I am prepared to offer my sincere apologies for my cynicism if this scheme turns out to be hunky dory and the Douglas Promenade project turns out to be super dooper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finlo Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 47 minutes ago, gettafa said: Manx Radio: First tram lines laid on Douglas prom . Compete with Howard Quayle doing a bit of "hoping" it will all be ok come 2020. I do wonder if the Promenade was in such a terrible condition in the first place. Looking at the excavations it doesn't appear so bad. But anyway, I wonder if this is going to be another Richmond Hill / Peel Road style cock-up. I always get the feeling these days that the contractors are just taking the piss and the civil servants and government employees who are supposed to be responsible for overseeing the work are just spending their time on the internet working out holidays to spend all their retirement big wedge on. They'll be well away before any likely shit hits the fan. If all goes well and God willing, I am prepared to offer my sincere apologies for my cynicism if this scheme turns out to be hunky dory and the Douglas Promenade project turns out to be super dooper. Year's of talk about knackered foundation's and deep excavations yet they're barely scraping any deeper than the black stuff! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Oooh the revival of a Megathread. How is the prom? Haven't been on it for months, is it a mess? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Walked past some of it this morning. They certainly don't seem to be going very deep, not yet anyway. And after all the previous doom and gloom from DOI about the foundations were being undermined and washed away as well. Maybe now turning out to be less of a major reconstruction project and more of a beautifying job. AKA "shallow". Chinese granite, Ahoy. Still, they've got £22M+ to burn on it now. Highways design engineer now being advertised for in today's Courier too.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 27 minutes ago, Non-Believer said: Walked past some of it this morning. They certainly don't seem to be going very deep, not yet anyway. And after all the previous doom and gloom from DOI about the foundations were being undermined and washed away as well. Maybe now turning out to be less of a major reconstruction project and more of a beautifying job. AKA "shallow". Chinese granite, Ahoy. Still, they've got £22M+ to burn on it now. Highways design engineer now being advertised for in today's Courier too.... the bright spark that did the prom design fucked off as soon as the first bit of tarmac was lifted , don't be around when the snake oil is tried. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Down Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Work going to stop in time for the TT, whilst the nagtrams will be running in a month with limited service. Does this mean a quick fix to allow the feckin things to run then dig it all up again to do it properly(ish) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesultanofsheight Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 (edited) 20 minutes ago, Neil Down said: Work going to stop in time for the TT, whilst the nagtrams will be running in a month with limited service. Does this mean a quick fix to allow the feckin things to run then dig it all up again to do it properly(ish) Apparently yes. The works will be done twice. Once to temporarily accommodate the trams for this summer for a load of pensioners to ride on, then coming back up to be done properly. Apparently they haven’t told all the traders they’ve already pissed off about round 2 yet. Edited March 29, 2019 by thesultanofsheight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Down Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 2 hours ago, thesultanofsheight said: Apparently yes. The works will be done twice. Once to temporarily accommodate the trams for this summer for a load of pensioners to ride on, then coming back up to be done properly. Apparently they haven’t told all the traders they’ve already pissed off about round 2 yet. that total fuckwit Harmer on ITV news tonight gloating about the bloody trams and how the work on the prom will bring us all together... how much longer have we got these spunktrumpets for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gettafa Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 (edited) The thread title needs to include Richmond Hill. I listen to Manx Radio occasionally and on a Sunday morning there is Phil Gawne ex MHK and former Minister to do with stuff concerning roads and that. The Minister is ultimately responsible, that is why they are a Minister. They are not there to smile and have their backs slapped by colleagues, civil servants and well paid contractors and consultants. Or are they? This is the Isle of Man. A classic case of not giving a damn about the people who put them there. It is all about the cosyness of being an MHK. I shall start a poem: Every time someone mentions Richmond Hill, I think of that smiling MHK called Phil. Edited March 31, 2019 by gettafa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 5 minutes ago, gettafa said: I shall start a poem: Every time someone mentions Richmond Hill, I think of that smiling MHK called Phil. A known liar Once started a fire But swears that it wasn't to kill 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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