Passing Time Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 Maybe Amadeus can bring this up at one of their meetings. Surely it’s worth a shot before they start spunking money they haven’t got 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Buggane Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 Will be well to late, contracts signed palms spit on and shaken. They have dreamed of this wall since Peel city had one, The capital ain't going to be outdone. I am also not seeing the need for a continuous wall down at the bottle neck, or is just to infill the railings which whilst being galvanised the wall fittings used were just bog standard 10mm nock in fixing bolts with a piece of untreated angle iron and steel bolts. They really are that stupid and they wonder why the rails are failing and the concrete walls are blowing out with rust, especially after getting said rails galvanised at god alone knows what cost. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cueey Lewis And The News Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 3 hours ago, Dirty Buggane said: Will be well to late, contracts signed palms spit on and shaken. They have dreamed of this wall since Peel city had one, The capital ain't going to be outdone. Anymore money thrown at that dirty shitty old beach is dead money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Phantom Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 Comparing this to Douglas; are they for the same purpose? Laxey Prom doesn't really flood, or if it does, it's not stopping a major traffic route. Isn't this just to limit the amount of pebbles that get flung off the beach? Douglas needs to stop the water coming up onto the road and sinking the sunken gardens. Digging out the pebbles isn't going to stop that. Unfortunately you'd need a wall - although maybe a temporary one just for the winter might have been an option, like those slot in flood barriers for doors? Similar to Douglas though, the problem is that they have built on what used to be the beach in ye olde days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 9 hours ago, Omobono said: so can we convince the idiots in the DOI and the City fathers on the corpy that they need to try this on Douglas beach from the Casino to the bottom of broadway before spending £ 1 million on a silly wall dunno about that , they'll probably find a contractor to pay 2 million to just to move the sand and shingle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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The Phantom Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 11 hours ago, Nellie said: Laxey Beach is a lot longer than 150m - more like 400m. The problematic part of Douglas is from Broadway northwards, to around the Palace. It’s a similar length. The Promenade, from the Shed to the Harbour is 200m. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Phantom Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 5 minutes ago, Andy Onchan said: I'm still surprised this is all the stones they've dug out. It doesn't look like enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbnuts Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 13 minutes ago, The Phantom said: I'm still surprised this is all the stones they've dug out. It doesn't look like enough. It was quite steep when walking down before. Now as you can see it’s leveled out to an extent . So the high side has filled in the low. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barlow Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 It's a pity the thread doesn't hold any 'before' photos, for context. Thanks for your efforts Mr Onchan. Appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Onchan Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 39 minutes ago, The Phantom said: I'm still surprised this is all the stones they've dug out. It doesn't look like enough. That's a lot of gravel/stone considering that end of the prom (against the harbour wall) had very little stone prior to the levelling. And it seems they are done for now at least, as all of the equipment has been removed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyWolf Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 What they’ve done in laxey can only improve things and really worth ago, I believe like many others they should dig out Douglas beach as well and as the Wilf chap said on the mannin line take away the stones for processing. So many people think this is the way to go for once and if on the very slim chance it didn’t work out i am sure vast majority would have said well we tried before the gold plated option wall goes up. What about some Anthony Gormley type concrete statues spread about to create sea gronyes to stop more drift or is that to far out an idea. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbnuts Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 (edited) Do these help . As Andy Onchan says the harbour end had little stone now built up lots and you can just see the high sloping level on the other picture Edited December 5, 2023 by Numbnuts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happier diner Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 4 hours ago, Cueey Lewis And The News said: Anymore money thrown at that dirty shitty old beach is dead money. Yeah. Save the money for new beaches🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Phantom Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 23 minutes ago, Numbnuts said: Do these help . As Andy Onchan says the harbour end had little stone now built up lots and you can just see the high sloping level on the other picture Well at least those stairs function now.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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