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New prom plans submitted as design bill tops one million pounds

Mon, 18 Apr 2016

Failed plans to move the horse tram tracks onto the walkway on Douglas Promenade have cost over £400,000.

That's according to the Department of Infrastructure which has now submitted a new revised planning application for the area.

£1.3 million has been spent on the first and second phase of designs - the bulk of that being plans for the roadway.

Minister Phil Gawne says the new idea - which will see reconstruction of the highway, footpaths and creation of a low-speed streetscape - isn't that much different:

 

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