Happier diner 332 Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 1 hour ago, NoTail said: What is this? Whatever it is I bet its going to be expensive. Tramlines off course? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Non-Believer 12,341 Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Looks like a channel to carry ducting of some sort? Pedestrian crossing or traffic light related maybe? Or maybe it's a permanent hi-tec, eternal traffic counter to give accurate figures on MAMIL use to justify future cycle lanes... Just as well they didn't install it on Peel or Lezayre Roads then.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Happier diner 332 Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 I think it's the " I'm on the roundel" change of surface bump. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Holte End 599 Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 A new pothole designed by DOI, the deep circular ones just won't look right on the prom. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Boris Johnson 581 Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 Tank Trap Quote Link to post Share on other sites
monasqueen 942 Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 A test bed for underground electric supplies for the MER trams. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Boris Johnson 581 Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 snake burial site Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Happier diner 332 Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 Maybe the 'letter' has been buried here! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
doc.fixit 2,738 Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 3 hours ago, Boris Johnson said: Tank Trap Who has? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Non-Believer 12,341 Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 Now "Unlikely to be March 2021 and more likely to be June" sayeth Minister Baker (iomtoday). Just as well there's mooted plans to push the TT back then? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kopek 2,090 Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 Hardly surprising? The cost hasn't reached 50 mil yet!!! Under Phil Gawne these projects always came in under estimate!!! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
All Right 50 Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 16 minutes ago, Non-Believer said: Now "Unlikely to be March 2021 and more likely to be June" sayeth Minister Baker (iomtoday). Just as well there's mooted plans to push the TT back then? I listened to him on the radio at lunch. He has this awful nervous laugh like he finds all these people calling in telling him that everything the DOI touches is totally crap funny. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Numbnuts 1,101 Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 25 minutes ago, Non-Believer said: Now "Unlikely to be March 2021 and more likely to be June" sayeth Minister Baker (iomtoday). Just as well there's mooted plans to push the TT back then? Well wasnt the revised plan announced 6 months or more ago to stop at end of March and finish the tram rails from Sefton to Sea Terminal in September . So what now ? Finish in June 'ish then start again in September ?? Surely not ??!!! Its a total Mess ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cypman 192 Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 Having regularly reduced the scope of the project and delayed a large portion of the task until next September it is sad to see that the revised, revised target date will still not be met. I await with considerable interest to see the financial outcome of this shambles. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NoTail 1,954 Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 I was not convinced bt Mr Baker's performance on the radio He said the foundations were rotten and needed to be replaced. I saw no evidence of that. In fact I even heard a story that workers were complaining that they were too solid and hard to excavate, now replaced with lower standard hardcore. He also emphasised the problem of services being difficult to replace. This does not ring true, of course old victorian pipes and drains and things need replacing. This happens all over the world on all big engineering projects. Competent contractors do that stuff all the time. A project like this should be planned with precision before even starting. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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