Work has begun on Loch Promenade in preparation for extending the Douglas Bay Horse Tramway back to the Sea Terminal.
Trial holes are in the process of being dug to finalise the construction detail on a project to extend the horse tram track from Central Promenade to the Sea Terminal.
A post on the Department of Infrastructure Facebook page states:
“Trial holes are in the process of being dug on Loch Promenade in Douglas to finalise the construction detail on a project to extend the horse tram track from Central Promenade to the Sea Terminal.
Considerable analysis and development work has been undertaken since the Department established a project team in July.
Work being undertaken on Loch Promenade this week will allow the Department to finalise a tender exercise, which is scheduled to be launched early next year.
The first passengers are anticipated to use the new section during the 2028 summer season following a construction programme that’s provisionally forecast to run for 35 weeks.”
Yellow markers have been planted in the ground along the so-called ‘tramway corridor’, presumably to indicate where the ‘trial holes’ are to be dug.
Ground works along this route were done as part of the original promenade reconstruction scheme, and it is said that a ‘concrete base ready for the tracks’ is already in situ.
The commencement of work is to be welcomed.