Work on Landslide Site Progresses Well

Monday, 18 January 2010 00:00

A meeting has been held to discuss the progress being made at the Port St Mary landslide site.

Work is running nicely to schedule with the wall underpinned in time for the heavy rains over the weekend.

The residents affected by last weeks landslide got the chance to get a look at the work being done to stabalise the road.

The next phase of the work is set to begin soon which will see the second cavity of the road underpinned with more supplies of concrete to be poured into the bass.

The provisional date for completion stands at the 28th January when its hoped the road will be ready to reopen.

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