Isle of Man News, 11 March 2010 – Chartered Civil Engineer Richard Pearson has been appointed as the new Director of Highways, succeeding Bruce Hannay, who will retire from the post following this year’s TT festival after 19 years with the Department of Transport.
Richard is moving to the Island with his family and will join [...]
Isle of Man News, 11 March 2010 – Police are urging motorists to abide by the 30mph speed limit which is in place on Richmond Hill while a major Department of Transport highways improvement scheme is undertaken. Since the road works began, a total of 7 motorists have been reported for speeding through the works [...]
Isle of Man News, 10 March 2010 – Woodbourne Road in Douglas will be closed to traffic for up to three days to allow for a gas main to be repaired.
The road will be closed between Rosemount traffic lights and its junction with Woodburn Square/Hawarden Avenue from 8.00am on Sunday, 14th March 2010 until 7.00am [...]
Isle of Man News, 4 March 2010 – The Department of Transport is inviting tenders from companies interested in providing a dredging service for Douglas and Peel harbours.
Dredging or levelling of all harbours is necessary on an ongoing basis to maintain an effective and safe depth for the operation of berths.
Director of Harbours Michael Brew [...]
Isle of Man News, 23 February 2010 – Motorists are advised that the Mountain Road, Tholt-y-Will Road, Brandywell Road, ‘Sloc’ Road and Shoulder Road are likely to remain closed until at least Friday (February 26).
The roads were closed following the recent heavy snowfalls and, with more snow predicted for the next few days, the Department [...]
Isle of Man News, 23 February 2010 – The Department of Transport is pleased to announce that Bay View Road in Port St Mary has been reopened to through traffic from Friday 19th February. Bay View Road had been closed since a landslip occurred underneath the road on the 18th January. The Department of Transport [...]
Isle of Man News, 23 February 2010 – Open days will be staged later this month to enable the public to view proposals to develop the IRIS Northern Regional Sewage Treatment Works and a new Civic Amenity Site on the Balladoole Farm Site in Bride Road, Lezayre.
The Balladoole Farm site was purchased by the Department [...]
Isle of Man News, 18 February 2010 – Isle of Man employers and recruiters are invited to attend a free information session about Manx Graduates, the free-to-use careers and networking portal for Manx professionals.
Hosted by the Isle of Man Department of Trade and Industry, the session will include a presentation from Chris Gledhill, managing director [...]
Isle of Man News, 15 February 2010 – Minister for Transport David Anderson will seek Tynwald approval this month for the introduction of the Vehicle Duty Order 2010, which will result in changes to the way in which vehicle duty is charged in the Island. The changes include the long awaited introduction of determining duty [...]
Isle of Man News, 12 February 2010 – The Department of Transport is pleased to announce that Phase 3, long term bank stabilisation, of the works on Happy Valley will be getting underway this weekend (13th and 14th February). Additional stone will be brought to the site to continue stabilisation of the bank and sloped [...]
