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l LewisShawTumelty, ofBalladoyneEstate, St John’s, has appeared incourt chargedwith causing seriousbodily harmbydangerous driving. He is alsoaccusedof possessionofdrugs. Theoffences arealleged tohavebeencommitted onDecember 12 last year. Thecasewas adjourned until September23at the request of advocateJane Graywhosaidthat she hadonlyrecentlybeen instructedandtimewas requiredtogo through thecasepapers. l ClaireMcKeown, also knownasRadcliffe, aged 33, of SpringValleyRoad, Douglas, has appeared in court chargedwithbeing drunk inchargeof achild under 10years. Thecasewas adjourned until September21. AdvocatePaulRodgers whosaidthatdiscussions werecontinuingwiththe prosecution. Theoffence is allegedto havebeencommittedon July 10.

bringing skilled people from off the island during the pan- demic, andremedialworks to concrete surfacing. In July 2020, an addition- al £750,000 was allocated to the scheme after it went over budget. A new deadline for completion of March 2021 came and went, with the DoI promising the scheme would be finished by the end of Au- gust. InMay,aparliamentaryse- lect committee criticised the scheme, stating: ‘The prom- enade scheme continues to be heavily delayed, has no de- finitivebudget, andcontinues to cause severe disruption to businesses, residents, the wider public and the econo- my.’ In July, it was announced that the revamp of the 2.6km length of the promwould be completed by the end of Sep- tember.

Road closure notices that ex- tendtoOctober8couldsignal a further delay to the much- anticipated full opening of Douglas promenade. But the Department of Infrastructure says it’s just a precaution against poor weather conditions and that the scheme is being complet- ed as quickly as possible. A spokesman for the DoI said: ‘Auldyn Construction is progressing on the final sur- facing along Douglas prom- enade. BALANCING ‘Astheworkreaches itsfin- ish the contractor is balanc- inganumberof roadclosures, both daytime and night time, in order to get the scheme completed.’ Thespokesmancontinued: ‘BoththeDepartmentof Infra- structure and Auldyn Con- structionareworkinghard to

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minimise disruption to busi- nesses, residents, motorists and pedestrians while work- ing towards a tight schedule of works. ‘Final surfacing works are weather dependent so some additional time has been al- located to the road traffic no- tices.’ Auldynhas outlined a pro- grammeofworks that started yesterday (Monday) and, the contractor states on the My- Promwebsite, ‘is set to com- mence over the next four weeks’ – which would take the scheme beyond the end- of-September deadline. Auldyn has warned of po- tential disruption, stating: ‘Some of the work is weather dependent, for example con- cretecannotbepouredinpoor weather and the work force

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under way on the £25m pro- ject. The scheme was due to be completed by October 2020 but there have been a series of delays for numerous rea- sons, including a shortage of workers, with difficulties in

may be relocated to another area along the promenade.’ The DoI spokesman told the Examiner: ‘Every endeav- our isbeingmadetocomplete as soon as possible.’ Thesagabeganthreeyears agothismonthwhenworkgot

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