Non-Believer Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 Minorca Hill in Laxey is currently closed and fenced off at the bottom by the new bridge and has been for some time. Not a soul there on site this morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happier diner Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 14 minutes ago, Banker said: Well from Johnny watersons to roundabout is a massive tailback especially when no one’s working on site! Yeah, I was just kidding you. It is frustrating to be held up and then find there is no work actually going on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monasqueen Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 16 minutes ago, Non-Believer said: Minorca Hill in Laxey is currently closed and fenced off at the bottom by the new bridge and has been for some time. Not a soul there on site this morning. It's all part of the big plan, to stop anyone using Minorca Hill as a longtail run while the Mountain Road is closed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc.fixit Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 Why was Douglas rd from KM closed this morning? The BMW behind us ignored the signs and just carried on. Was there something we didn't know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellanvannin2010 Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 4 minutes ago, doc.fixit said: Why was Douglas rd from KM closed this morning? The BMW behind us ignored the signs and just carried on. Was there something we didn't know? I might be wrong but I thought the road was closed all week around Glen Helen area for line painting or something like that. 33 minutes ago, Non-Believer said: Minorca Hill in Laxey is currently closed and fenced off at the bottom by the new bridge and has been for some time. Not a soul there on site this morning. Glen Road by football pitch is supposed to closed this week too, perhaps they are all there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 5 minutes ago, ellanvannin2010 said: I might be wrong but I thought the road was closed all week around Glen Helen area for line painting or something like that. Glen Road by football pitch is supposed to closed this week too, perhaps they are all there. Glen Helen road is shut from ballig bridge , Glen road was open this morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 19 minutes ago, ellanvannin2010 said: Glen Road by football pitch is supposed to closed this week too, perhaps they are all there. They are up there resurfacing today, doing the road in halves so it remains passable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0bserver Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 9 hours ago, Omobono said: you couldn't make this up , but lessons were learned about kerb edge drainage on Richmond hill years ago wern't they? Those 12 weeks of traffic lights on Richmond Hill last summer have made exactly zero difference. Water still runs across the road after even light rain. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbnuts Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 4 minutes ago, 0bserver said: Those 12 weeks of traffic lights on Richmond Hill last summer have made exactly zero difference. Water still runs across the road after even light rain. They've had at least 4 goes at that over 3 or more years .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 10 minutes ago, 0bserver said: Those 12 weeks of traffic lights on Richmond Hill last summer have made exactly zero difference. Water still runs across the road after even light rain. I came down it during a downpour last week and it was especially bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happier diner Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 9 hours ago, 0bserver said: . Water still runs across the road after even light rain. It always will if you think about it. That's how road drainage works. Water follows a fall line until it reaches the edge. The only way to ease this would be to have gullies intersecting the fall and running across the road (Something I don't believe I have ever seen) or completely redesign the profile of the road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellanvannin2010 Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 3 minutes ago, Happier diner said: It always will if you think about it. That's how road drainage works. Water follows a fall line until it reaches the edge. The only way to ease this would be to have gullies intersecting the fall and running across the road (Something I don't believe I have ever seen) or completely redesign the profile of the road. They did redesign the profile of the road, that is the problem 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0bserver Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 10 minutes ago, Happier diner said: It always will if you think about it. That's how road drainage works. Water follows a fall line until it reaches the edge. The only way to ease this would be to have gullies intersecting the fall and running across the road (Something I don't believe I have ever seen) or completely redesign the profile of the road. It's water coming off the hill and flowing over the road that seems to be the problem. As you say there will always be some water on the road. But it shouldn't be coming out of the drains at the top and flowing down. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joebean Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 The problem appears to always be DoI’s tendency to commence more works than they are able to manage or resource, poor on-site management of works and most alarmingly, their persistent unwillingness to properly project plan before embarking on a piece of work. They have a tendency to look down their noses at contractors, but if they were contractors themselves, they would have been out of business years ago. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two-lane Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 43 minutes ago, Happier diner said: That's how road drainage works Only if you put the drain in the right place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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