Douglas prom highways to be finished in March next year

Changes to the Douglas Promenade refurbishment mean highways there are expected to be finished in March next year.

Government says the new plans aim to take advantage of lower traffic levels during the COVID-19 pandemic with the horse trams tracks to be completed over the following winter.

Meanwhile, a new one-way system will be put in place from Monday, June 15, between Victoria Street and Summerhill until the end of the school holidays.

There will be associated closures at various times on side roads such as Church Road Marina, Broadway and Summer Hill. 

Broadway and Church Road Marina will be closed at the same time for six weeks.

There will be limited parking along the highway on the Promenade during the summer but this will be fully reinstated as soon as possible. 

The Promenade walkway will not be open for parking as it will be used for emergency vehicles from June 15.

The scope of the project has been reduced by two temporary changes intended to make sure that it is ready by March 31, 2021.

The first major change will be that the horse tram track line from Broadway through to the Bottleneck will not be laid until the winter of 2021-22 - the route of the tramway will be temporarily replaced with landscaping.

The second change is that the roundabouts at the bottom of Broadway and Church Road will for now be finished in an enhanced tarmac construction to save a number of months on the programme.

The site’s operating hours will now be from 7.30am to 6.30pm on weekdays and from 7.30am until 3.30pm on Saturdays.  

There may be some work on some Sundays - some of the noisier activities will not start until 8am.