Promenade - Megathread

[Numbnuts 1,114]

1 hour ago, thesultanofsheight said:

The plan is to lift the road several inches so there will be no curb. Just flat straight out to run off on beach. Apparently. 

No.  Theres about 25 mm or so to still go on that part of the road which will enable any water to go into the run off already formed in the kerbs . Hence why water is gathered  currently . It should be fine when they finish the surface level. But I'm not 100% sure they have got levels right . Time will tell 

Edited October 10, 2020 by Numbnuts

[Neil Down 7,957]

1 hour ago, Augustus said:

I'm not an expert, but surely you can't build gutters without some sort of camber to allow water to drain???

You're not from round here are you?

[Augustus 350]

1 hour ago, The Dog's Dangly Bits said:

You're right.  You're not an expert which explains why you don't know what you are talking about.

Fuck you too.

[Scotty 495]

15 minutes ago, Augustus said:

Fuck you too.

 Not nice.  Not conducive to good posting on here

Edited October 10, 2020 by Scotty

[Scotty 495]

5 minutes ago, Scotty said:

 Not nice. Not conducive to good posting on here

 

[Scotty 495]

6 minutes ago, Scotty said:

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Edited October 10, 2020 by Scotty

[The Dog's Dangly Bits 1,710]

21 minutes ago, Augustus said:

Fuck you too.

Just speaking the truth.  As hard as that may be to accept.

[Scotty 495]

3 minutes ago, The Dog's Dangly Bits said:

Just speaking the truth.  As hard as that may be to accept.

Having spent more time reading posts while in self isolation , I have to say that TDTB talks a lot of sense and TSOS is very easily confused. A different perspective when looking in from the outside. 😦

[majkul 8]

By the time they finish the roads (not even God knows when), the newly laid pavements are gonna look so dirty and old, they'll probably have to do them again. But then again, maybe that's the plan, so they can pilfer a few more million pounds. Who knows?

[WTF 5,985]

11 hours ago, Scotty said:

 Not nice.  Not conducive to good posting on here

they'll fit in well.

[The Dog's Dangly Bits 1,710]

8 hours ago, majkul said:

By the time they finish the roads (not even God knows when), the newly laid pavements are gonna look so dirty and old, they'll probably have to do them again. But then again, maybe that's the plan, so they can pilfer a few more million pounds. Who knows?

You don't i guess, judging by the above?

[Apple 698]

https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/douglas-regeneration-investment-cant-all-come-from-govt/

 

It is now part of a 15 years project to revitalise Douglas. Dig deep my friends.

[Dave Hedgehog 848]

Away from the prom it would be nice to know why the newly resurfaced Curragh Road in St Johns is closing for a fortnight for resurfacing.

[Beelzebub3 389]

17 minutes ago, Dave Hedgehog said:

Away from the prom it would be nice to know why the newly resurfaced Curragh Road in St Johns is closing for a fortnight for resurfacing.

Replacing the traffic lights on the 4 junctions, they have allowed plenty of time as most of the civils I believe have been done during the past closure.

 

[Non-Believer 12,584]

2 hours ago, Apple said:

https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/douglas-regeneration-investment-cant-all-come-from-govt/

 

It is now part of a 15 years project to revitalise Douglas. Dig deep my friends.

I sympathise with some of his points. There needs to be more pressure to redevelop brownfield sites (and pan-Island too), it's not the full answer but it has its part to play, Lord knows there's enough of them.

They also need to apply pressure to "old money" landlords to bring property up to scratch particularly in appearance where applicable. DBC could do their part here with incentivation via the rates system too.