Amadeus 2,455 Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 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/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Numbnuts 1,114 Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 (edited) 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 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WTF 5,978 Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 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. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ellanvannin2010 518 Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 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. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Barlow 731 Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 De minimus. You won't notice or be able to tell in a few weeks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WTF 5,978 Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 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. 1 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Numbnuts 1,114 Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 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 ?? 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dirty Buggane 171 Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 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 2 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NoTail 1,965 Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 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. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Roxanne 1,512 Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 it’s a government plot to keep @wrightyin a job until retirement. 😃 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ellanvannin2010 518 Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 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. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dirty Buggane 171 Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 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. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NoTail 1,965 Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 (edited) Do you think it will be finished in 20/30 years time? Edited November 14, 2020 by NoTail 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Non-Believer 12,556 Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 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. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Numbnuts 1,114 Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 Just setting the standard for when they are tasked with the underpass !! Ohh I do love the DOI and their expertise . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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