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i’m wondering about the new road layout in Douglas though, i think browser was as well. The way it is now, i cant see how its going to benefit what was an already congested village, Who knows, i havent a clue so it might work briliiantly. To squash the road though by sticking that plaza across it seems a bit strange to me and then put a giant speed bump there as well? If they are going to encourage cars to stay out of the village what are the proposals to get rid of all the taxis that park outside barrys and all the way up the hill.
We will find out soon enough when the schools are back. No info to the public as usual though.
In the long term, the plan is to pedestrianise the section between the traffic lights by Barry’s and the former Garda station (now Lal Quila restaurant). It’s only a small stretch, but it would ensure that the old village centre isn’t used by through traffic. That would vastly reduce the amount of traffic using what is now the right hand turn on the new road layout. In the meantime, the new road across the old shopping centre car park should mean that very few people want to use Church St to get from Douglas East to Douglas West, further reducing the reasons for going into the village centre,
But the plan has two problems. One is that it’s going to increase the traffic going through Douglas Court roundabout (and that’s quite a problem anyway) and the other is that the pedestrianisation isn’t being done at the same time. So, the likely effect will be to encourage people to still go through the village, leading to snarl ups at that right hand turn.
to be fair to the Shipton group, while the development is going on in Douglas, they have been really good in keeping an eye on the road and theres loads of staff out there in the high viz jackets etc and apart from annoying the loal residents by working beyond their planning permission hours a few times, the development seems to be flying up
i just wish someone in the council could put up a poster explaining the routes and future plans and how they think the traffic flow will move and whether they think they will no longer require an almost permanent garda on traffic duty on the congested Well Road junction roundabout in the mornings – maybe theres some info in the shopping centre itself
McCarthy Developments were refused outline planning at Jacobs Island for a proposed mixed development of 36 apts, crèche, restaurant, bar, medical practice, pharmacy, retail and basement parking.
Bord Pleanala refused the neighbourhood centre which would have included the above, mainly it appears because the retail amount was very large and considered not warranted with Mahon point across the road.
Traffic congestion in the area was also an issue (Can anyone in the city council not see what the traffic is like and do something about it for gods sake ) as was the height and scale of the neighbourhood centre.
Some residents also mentioned that a leisure centre was part of the original proposal for local residents whern they bought the houses but now it appears the proposal was to replace the 4700 sqm of leisure centre with retail, reducing leisure to 750 sqm.
Madness in Douglas
Someone in the roads office took an incredibly congested douglas and HALVED the road with a new plaza for the shopping centre so all the cars are now trapped behind the bus in Douglas – the traffic lights arent synchronised and they cant get the guy back to do it from England until October apparently – parents are reporting times of 50 minutes to go from Maryborough to Ballinlough schoolClayton Love have applied yet again, for a slight change to Douglas Shopping Centre, to move some things around which will ad 1600 sqm to the size of it. There was speculation that Marks and Spencer were going in there as the 2nd anchor tenant but Marks came out recently saying the market uncertainty meant they hadnt finalised anything yet re new stores so who knows
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