Promenade - Megathread

[Amadeus 2,467]

One bit I discovered from the audio is that the cracked pink concrete is being fixed now https://frankdrives.com/remedial-work-now-underway-to-fix-cracked-pink-prom-concrete/

[Numbnuts 1,184]

58 minutes ago, Amadeus said:

One bit I discovered from the audio is that the cracked pink concrete is being fixed now https://frankdrives.com/remedial-work-now-underway-to-fix-cracked-pink-prom-concrete/

Trying to be not overly cynical about this but not sure how this is going to work. I walked a 300 mtre or so length of the pink concrete and counted over 460 cracks of all different widths and lengths . Also be interesting to see how the repaired cracks will blend with the now older concrete which even now already is fading in different rates . I watch very interested . Hope it does work though !   

Edited November 10, 2020 by Numbnuts

[WTF 6,050]

14 hours ago, Amadeus said:

One bit I discovered from the audio is that the cracked pink concrete is being fixed now https://frankdrives.com/remedial-work-now-underway-to-fix-cracked-pink-prom-concrete/

that's a shame, there's nothing better than a pink crack.

[ellanvannin2010 531]

From the levels this looks like the final surface that the DOI are putting in on the pavement just north of the Palace.

Not exactly a top quality finish, two completely different shades.

[Barlow 915]

De minimus. You won't notice or be able to tell in a few weeks

[WTF 6,050]

20 minutes ago, Barlow said:

De minimus. You won't notice or be able to tell in a few weeks

no, it will have been ripped up again to do it properly.

[Numbnuts 1,184]

2 hours ago, ellanvannin2010 said:

From the levels this looks like the final surface that the DOI are putting in on the pavement just north of the Palace.

Not exactly a top quality finish, two completely different shades.

Thats not acceptable in any shape or form. If this was your drive would you accept it ?? 

[Dirty Buggane 200]

Seen a better job done by six pikey's with three wheel barrows, and two of them had punctures and the other a wooden leg than this bunch of pricks

[NoTail 2,009]

looking at the fancy new pedestrian crossing today. The strange idea of having the curb stones too high at the sides seems like an invitation to sue the government when people with impaired vision trip over.

[Roxanne 1,893]

it’s a government plot to keep @wrightyin a job until retirement. 😃

[ellanvannin2010 531]

On 11/13/2020 at 1:35 PM, NoTail said:

looking at the fancy new pedestrian crossing today. The strange idea of having the curb stones too high at the sides seems like an invitation to sue the government when people with impaired vision trip over.

It is very strange as the raised kerb is not the same distance from the edge of the crossing on any of the 4 corners. The crossing at Howard St looks as though its going to be the same. I cannot fathom out what they are trying to achieve but to the casual observer it just looks plain daft and  potentially dangerous.

[Dirty Buggane 200]

Had a drive along the promenade today and a thought struck me, apart from what a piece of shite this is going to look like when they eventually finish it. These are my own musings  and have no basis in fact what's so ever. The thing that struck me was due to one mans ego and desire to leave a legacy on the island, The prom is at least three years behind schedule and close to three times over budget. So from now on I will no longer be referring to it as the promenade, and hence forth will be Longworth's folly. Hopefully people will join me in its use and it will go down in Manx folklore, and 20/30 years down the line when a public house quiz master asks why was the promenade known as Longworth's folly. You will be able to furnish him with the correct answer, It was down to that knob Dirty Buggane. And hopefully that will be my legacy.

[NoTail 2,009]

Do you think it will be finished in 20/30 years time?

Edited November 14, 2020 by NoTail

[Non-Believer 12,830]

25 minutes ago, NoTail said:

Do you think it will be finished in 20/30 years time?

The actual project will be "finished" but they'll still be on the remedials.

[Numbnuts 1,184]

Just setting the standard for when they are tasked with the underpass !! Ohh I do love the DOI and their expertise .