0bserver Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 1 hour ago, ellanvannin2010 said: Lasting well. Don't see an issue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omobono Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 walked down Park road today the side that adjoins the old school site and one of the brown field sites scheduled for an impending new development surprise surprise the DOI and digging out and replacing the curb edgings and relaying the footpath , surly this is not essential work ? there could be construction equipment and diggers dropping whats left of the wall and digging footings on the site quite soon , talk about getting our priorities right , what a complete waste of resources and money, and at the same time the roads filled with dangerous pot holes 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Buggane Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 Is there a MHK's domicile close by to the area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinderella Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 3 hours ago, Omobono said: walked down Park road today the side that adjoins the old school site and one of the brown field sites scheduled for an impending new development surprise surprise the DOI and digging out and replacing the curb edgings and relaying the footpath , surly this is not essential work ? there could be construction equipment and diggers dropping whats left of the wall and digging footings on the site quite soon , talk about getting our priorities right , what a complete waste of resources and money, and at the same time the roads filled with dangerous pot holes A bit like the road works scheduled for the front at Port Erin. Sign said not to park for working starting Monday. Then Tuesday. Wednesday. And yes, you guessed it - Thursday. Disappeared on Friday. Think they were going to resurface a 20 metre stretch - ignoring all the potholes on either side of that stretch. But obviously not to be … Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadAsHell Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 Just now, ellanvannin2010 said: Lasting well. Finally found a void 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Buggane Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 (edited) The only void's were the ones between the ears of the persons who thought it was a great plan an a chance to make a portal to the island a thing of grandeur and beauty. Oh and the pricks who nodded through all the money who thought their name on a bit of granite proclaiming they were part of the team of this great achievement, is there a plaque (they are usually falling over each other to be recognised) was there even one planned to name the great and good who's fault for the shithole we have ended up with. Or was it decided nobody wanted to be associated with it so quietly forget about that idea. And if there was are we talking about £50,000 lump of granite gathering dust in a masons yard some where in the uk. Edited January 28, 2023 by Dirty Buggane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 Nearly 10 years on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 Hopefully PAC will be able to shed some light on what has happened during the course of this 10-odd years. Including why overt lies were dreamed up and fed to politicians and public alike as part of the justification, the "bus-swallowing" voids that were never found for instance. It makes one wonder about the justification for all the other projects too, the RESA for instance. Clearly our politicians are not close enough to nor cynical enough to be questioning some of what they are belt-fed about these projects. And how much of this is produced to support other Depts? For instance, with the Liverpool Terminal costs and concerns rising and rising, I'd bet that the DOI were absolutely creaming themselves when the DfE announced that there'll be 500k visitors a year arriving in 10 years time who will need a Rolls Royce facility to be shepherded through. More justification for our "sunk costs" in Liverpool. Mutual support indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offshoremanxman Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 (edited) 39 minutes ago, Non-Believer said: Hopefully PAC will be able to shed some light on what has happened during the course of this 10-odd years. Including why overt lies were dreamed up and fed to politicians and public alike as part of the justification, the "bus-swallowing" voids that were never found for instance. I walked the bit between the war memorial and the Palace the other day. I find it very, very hard to believe that numerous people haven’t had a good chunk of money out of what is a horribly shit job we’ll now be stuck with for the next 50 odd years. It’s an embarrassment. If Douglas wasn’t a shit hole enough we now have a prom that looks like a broken Eastern European mafia run infrastructure project that’s delivered a shoddy looking £2M pile of shit for £25M. Edited January 28, 2023 by offshoremanxman 2 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Buggane Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 If only we got that much value for money 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0bserver Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 5 hours ago, offshoremanxman said: I walked the bit between the war memorial and the Palace the other day. I find it very, very hard to believe that numerous people haven’t had a good chunk of money out of what is a horribly shit job we’ll now be stuck with for the next 50 odd years. It’s an embarrassment. If Douglas wasn’t a shit hole enough we now have a prom that looks like a broken Eastern European mafia run infrastructure project that’s delivered a shoddy looking £2M pile of shit for £25M. DOI needed a wall replacing. So a DOI official asks for quotes. A UK contractor comes along measures up and says that will be £10,000 - £5k labour, £4k materials and £1k profit. The IOM contractor doesn't bother to measure up. He just says it will be £30,000 The DOI official wants to know how the local contractor got to his price without even measuring. "Easy" said the IOM contractor. "£10k for me, £10k for you and we'll spend £10k getting the UK contractor to do the work". 2 2 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southernman Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 Perhaps Douglas can twin with Clevedon. Our roundels look much nicer. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-64491851 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtleish Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 1 hour ago, Southernman said: Perhaps Douglas can twin with Clevedon. Our roundels look much nicer. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-64491851 Too late for that, already twinned with Mogadishu.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happier diner Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 1 hour ago, Southernman said: Perhaps Douglas can twin with Clevedon. Our roundels look much nicer. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-64491851 Has Jeff relocated? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoTail Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 This made me laugh https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/many-defects-still-outstanding-on-douglas-promenade/ The whole fffing thing is a defect. As for cost? How much? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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