Motorists face more delays and disruption on and around the Douglas promenade as another part of an adjoining road is due to shut.

From Sunday, January 5, Church Road Marina will be closed to allow the laying of gas and water pipes and other associated ducting.

The road will be shut from the entrance to Market Street, although pedestrians will still be able to use the route to access the promenade.

To accommodate the closure, the existing one-way traffic flow on Finch Road will be reversed. A government spokesman said this is ’required to provide safe access for heavy goods vehicles to make deliveries via Market Street’.

Parking on Finch Road will be maintained, only facing the opposite direction. The entrance and exit to Chester Street car park will be unaffected and traffic flows on adjacent roads will remain the same

The closure will also affect bus users on north-bound services out of the capital as the stop outside the Prospect public house will be moved up the hill with parking suspended there also.

The much maligned promenade regeneration scheme, which has seen delays, cracking concrete, businesses not being consulted and parking problems is now due to be completed on August 17, 2021, about 10 months behind schedule.