Non-Believer Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 3 hours ago, WTF said: all done to get you paying in the car parks. Or get you on public transport or bicycles? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanShimmin Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 43 minutes ago, Non-Believer said: Or get you on public transport or bicycles? Futile if that's what they're trying to do. If I can't easily park in town then my business goes to Amazon. My spending alone won't make or break it, but there's plenty of others in the same boat. Do they really want to wipeout what's left of the high street? 2 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanShimmin Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 (edited) I don't understand why we can't get to grips with the issues facing Douglas. This article from Sam Turton gives some food for though. https://gef.im/2021/06/28/lets-rethink-central-douglas/ I don't favour pedestrianising the entirety of Central Douglas. But we need ample parking and free flowing traffic. At the moment it's all just a bit of a miss mash muddle. Provide proper parking and enforce no stopping areas during peak times. It can work. Edited June 28, 2021 by AlanShimmin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apple Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 1 hour ago, AlanShimmin said: If I can't easily park in town then my business goes to Amazon. My spending alone won't make or break it, but there's plenty of others in the same boat. Do they really want to wipeout what's left of the high street? I don't think they can stop the demise of Douglas as the business / quality shopping capital. As in another thread, the rise in cashless shopping and the "changing" roles of the banks (leading of course to staff reductions and job losses) suggests to me that on line shopping for quality items is now the only option. Even in Marks and Spencers I often hear that "we don't have it in stock but we can order it for you". I can do that myself. I was there today and In Regent Street the seagulls were causing havoc for people trying to eat outside. The main issue for me though was trying to find a clean spot to sit - there was bird crap all over the benches etc and clearly no attempts have been made to clean them. If the council don't care, why should I. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanShimmin Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 50 minutes ago, Apple said: I was there today and In Regent Street the seagulls were causing havoc for people trying to eat outside. The main issue for me though was trying to find a clean spot to sit - there was bird crap all over the benches etc and clearly no attempts have been made to clean them. If the council don't care, why should I. You're not wrong. A bit of TLC and a gull cull would work wonders. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightening McQueen Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 (edited) From driving along Douglas Prom at least once a week for the past 6 months it’s obvious it’s an absolute clusterf**k. Today I walked from Summerhill to Switzerland Road to have a closer look, it’s a horror story, one big conf***tion site, designed by a committee of clowns😱. Edited June 29, 2021 by Lightening McQueen 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Layman Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 8 minutes ago, Lightening McQueen said: From driving along Douglas Prom at least once a week for the past 6 months it’s obvious it’s an absolute clusterf**k. Today I walked from Summerhill to Switzerland Road to have a closer look, it’s a horror story, one big conf***tion site, designed by a committee of clowns😱. You've only just noticed 😩 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellanvannin2010 Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 23 minutes ago, Lightening McQueen said: From driving along Douglas Prom at least once a week for the past 6 months it’s obvious it’s an absolute clusterf**k. Today I walked from Summerhill to Switzerland Road to have a closer look, it’s a horror story, one big conf***tion site, designed by a committee of clowns😱. I think you were looking through rose tinted spectacles. It is supposed to be "finished *" by 26th August 2021 * the term finished is a variable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris4652009 Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 Listening to this clown on manx radio as we speak. what a joke 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanShimmin Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 Tim Baker is an absolute joke of a politician. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellanvannin2010 Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 (edited) 57 days left before it is ‘finished”. Edited June 30, 2021 by ellanvannin2010 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanShimmin Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 16 minutes ago, ellanvannin2010 said: 57 days left before it is ‘finished”. Only 84 days until Tim Baker is finished as an MHK 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Layman Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 9 minutes ago, AlanShimmin said: Only 84 days until Tim Baker is finished as an MHK I know what I want to come sooner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Power Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 21 hours ago, Lightening McQueen said: From driving along Douglas Prom at least once a week for the past 6 months it’s obvious it’s an absolute clusterf**k. Today I walked from Summerhill to Switzerland Road to have a closer look, it’s a horror story, one big conf***tion site, designed by a committee of clowns😱. It is a construction site, what do we expect at this point, when we have had delays and other issues due to Covid-19? Would you be saying the same thing to a surgeon in the middle of an operation, or a mechanic who had your car in pieces? The time for criticism is when it's finished and if it hasn't come up to expectations. It's clear that not many on here have any idea about civil engineering projects but that doesn't stop them from having what they think are valid criticisms. This seems to be a mixture of not liking change, frustration at the amount of time taken and the access issues and ignorance of the process. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellanvannin2010 Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 5 minutes ago, Max Power said: It is a construction site, what do we expect at this point, when we have had delays and other issues due to Covid-19? Would you be saying the same thing to a surgeon in the middle of an operation, or a mechanic who had your car in pieces? The time for criticism is when it's finished and if it hasn't come up to expectations. It's clear that not many on here have any idea about civil engineering projects but that doesn't stop them from having what they think are valid criticisms. This seems to be a mixture of not liking change, frustration at the amount of time taken and the access issues and ignorance of the process. To be fair though it was some 3 months behind 6 months into the contract and was months behind before the saviour of Covid came to their rescue. And still they cannot keep to schedule, for example last summer the DOI took over the block work on Loch Promenade and its side roads, according to the strategic minutes it was all supposed to be completed and the DOI off site by November. No pesky Covid restrictions to hold them up from July to November.. It is still nowhere near finished 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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