snowman Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 2 hours ago, Numbnuts said: Cant agree sorry , the gardens are lovely and on a nice day are well used . One of the few nice features in Douglas. The rest resembles god knows what. Cant say bomb site with whats going on elsewhere ! So as a result of people who want to use the gardens there's trams in the middle of a road and cracks in a new road that cost millions 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbnuts Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 (edited) 11 hours ago, snowman said: So as a result of people who want to use the gardens there's trams in the middle of a road and cracks in a new road that cost millions The cracks and defects are down to incompetance and bad practices nothing to do with where the trams are. And they have always been in the road and never been a problem really. I'm not convinced however, with what they have gone with now , with the crossing etc at Broadway is a good idea , if it ever even gets finished , but I think they should have been fine relaid back where they've always been. The whole job though has been a monumental balls up from the day they started with the plans and continues to this day. Edited March 26, 2022 by Numbnuts 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hissingsid Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 Change of plan on the promenade closures posted on FB last night, tough if you don’t follow F B. Changes of direction etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ham_N_Eggs Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 14 hours ago, snowman said: Should have got rid of the trams entirely or removed the gardens and put a single tram line there. There is a completely unnecessary path that runs alongside the walkway for most of the prom. They should have put a single line here. They didn't even consider it. They seemed obsessed with keeping two lines. No idea why. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itsmeee Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 9 hours ago, Ham_N_Eggs said: There is a completely unnecessary path that runs alongside the walkway for most of the prom. They should have put a single line here. They didn't even consider it. They seemed obsessed with keeping two lines. No idea why. Because the horse trams bring in millions of tourists and billions of pounds every year. Do keep up. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asitis Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 5 minutes ago, Itsmeee said: Because the horse trams bring in millions of tourists and billions of pounds every year. Do keep up. .... but somehow still don't manage to break even ! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0bserver Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 On 3/26/2022 at 12:09 AM, Numbnuts said: The cracks and defects are down to incompetance and bad practices nothing to do with where the trams are. If they had scrapped the trams then the scheme may have actually fallen into the DOIs scope of (almost) capability. It would have cut 18 months and £5.5m off the scheme. On a plus side as I understand it if DOI don't start building the Loch Prom tram track by October then planning has lapsed and they'll have to reapply... not a chance it will her approved if people cite safely concerns about children and horses. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 20 hours ago, Youaintseenme said: It was nice to see them taking advantage of the good weather today to get cracking at Ballaffletcher, obviously aware that a combination of that, the prom and Tromode Road while the mountain is closed is going to cause absolute mayhem, possibly even impacting ambulances trying to get to and from the hospital. This post comes to you from a parallel universe, and is sponsored by wishful thinking.com. Obviously there was none there and they aren’t remotely arsed about eh knockon effect to hundreds of people. I travel on the roads a lot and my weekly mileage and time sat in the car not earning is through the roof at the moment. It’s really not good enough Just been through, traffic lights still in place & no one working on the junctions, meanwhile tromode road closed so must be chaos around8-9.30 & schools out time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happier diner Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 14 minutes ago, Banker said: Just been through, traffic lights still in place & no one working on the junctions, meanwhile tromode road closed so must be chaos around8-9.30 & schools out time There was someone working there when I went through. Well I say working, there was a fella with a digger taking to a man holding a cone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbnuts Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 4 hours ago, Happier diner said: There was someone working there when I went through. Well I say working, there was a fella with a digger taking to a man holding a cone. No, you didnt understand what was happening. The cone was the supervisor and they had been waiting for a coherent answer since 8 10 am . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
english zloty Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 Facebook is reporting further delays to the promenade works sorry don’t know how to link it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellanvannin2010 Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 16 minutes ago, english zloty said: Facebook is reporting further delays to the promenade works That is a huge surprise 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 1 hour ago, english zloty said: Facebook is reporting further delays to the promenade works sorry don’t know how to link it Saw Harris promenade will be one way from tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happier diner Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Numbnuts said: No, you didnt understand what was happening. The cone was the supervisor and they had been waiting for a coherent answer since 8 10 am . But the cone had a cadburys flake in its head. Edited March 28, 2022 by Happier diner 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 1 minute ago, Happier diner said: But the cone had a cadburys flake in its head. Ooh, and sprinkles? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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