Two-lane Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 5 minutes ago, CrazyDave said: I thought Ashford had a plan to make himself the nations hero again. Going for the night hood. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 52 minutes ago, Two-lane said: Who owns the site - is it Douglas or is it the gov.? From a money point of view is it better to keep the site and put into the annual accounts as a value of £X million, rather than admit that the site is unsellable and has zero value? It’s IOM Government. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopek Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 8 minutes ago, Two-lane said: Going for the night hood. I think He usually flies at night!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 1 hour ago, Mercenary said: I don't get why Government hold onto all these sites when they can't spend money on them. Why don't they sell them off? Chester Street, Park Road, Summerland, Quarter bridge, Prison, Albert Road, St Thomas, Chester Street, Fairfield etc. they are terrified that someone else will make money where they have failed and show them up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopek Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 Fair tho', with the unstable cliff face it is a difficult site to sell or develop??? Maybe when Dandara get desperate? But if the stables have to be demolished, not desperate yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred the shred Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 I thought they had jus spent a fortune on the stables. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyDave Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 7 minutes ago, Kopek said: Fair tho', with the unstable cliff face it is a difficult site to sell or develop??? Maybe when Dandara get desperate? But if the stables have to be demolished, not desperate yet? It’s got MDC written all over it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
english zloty Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 15 minutes ago, CrazyDave said: It’s got MDC written all over it. MDC has already announced it is considering the site, but still need to overcome the £1m rock stabilisation problem. I think they want the taxpayer to pay directly and provide them with a 'secure' site. As opposed to the taxpayer paying indirectly and MDC carrying the risk of failure of the cliff face Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopek Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 (edited) Could be but are apartments their bag? We're talking about the Paramount/stables and the vacant lot. Edited March 4 by Kopek 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mongoose-Man Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 (edited) “rather than relying on temporary centres set up in currently unused buildings“ Err, that’s exactly what they did. Edited March 4 by Mongoose-Man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Mexico Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 1 hour ago, Mongoose-Man said: “rather than relying on temporary centres set up in currently unused buildings“ Err, that’s exactly what they did. Not really, though perhaps I could have been more precise. Both Airport and Chester Street ended up with semi-permanent internal structures (skirting boards!) rather than using the sort of mobile screening and furniture that suffices at most vaccination clinics. This meant both needed a fair bit of work doing before the vaccination campaign could begin there (they had to start it off up the Hospital) and Chester Street needed more just to make it remotely habitable - and not enough given the latest cries that they 'have to have' a new one. If you look how mass vaccination was done anywhere else, they simply used large open venues currently not used because of pandemic restrictions: sports halls, community centres, even cathedrals. It was only because the DoI wanted to run things there way that we ended up with the farce we did in unsuitable venues. 2 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Mexico Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 Meanwhile the DHSC is beating it's collective chest and making terrible threats: The DHSC are asking the public not to drive on the private hospital road to access the Roundhouse, but instead use pedestrian access. There will be no physical barriers in place, but relevant signage will be installed in the coming days and we may monitor access. Vehicular access to the site is only permitted for contractors and Braddan Commissioners staff. If access is being abused we may take further action. "Relevant signage"! I hope you're all trembling. No doubt the DHSC is currently recruiting its own army[1] to enforce its iron will. [1] You just know that Gef is going to refer to them as Hooper's Troopers. And try to sell t-shirts. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 6 hours ago, Roger Mexico said: Meanwhile the DHSC is beating it's collective chest and making terrible threats: The DHSC are asking the public not to drive on the private hospital road to access the Roundhouse, but instead use pedestrian access. There will be no physical barriers in place, but relevant signage will be installed in the coming days and we may monitor access. Vehicular access to the site is only permitted for contractors and Braddan Commissioners staff. If access is being abused we may take further action. "Relevant signage"! I hope you're all trembling. No doubt the DHSC is currently recruiting its own army[1] to enforce its iron will. [1] You just know that Gef is going to refer to them as Hooper's Troopers. And try to sell t-shirts. People will ignore any signs unless there’s enforcement like they do with yellow lines outside hospital now! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 Now Braddan and IOM govt are out of money...they've found a great use for the potholes they can't afford to fill in...splashparks! . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpha-acid Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 15 minutes ago, Albert Tatlock said: Now Braddan and IOM govt are out of money...they've found a great use for the potholes they can't afford to fill in...splashparks! . Dearie me that's been going around for days now under different headings, find something new Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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