Work on the prom will continue past the rescheduled November deadline.

A spokesperson for the Department of Infrastructure (DoI) says the ’majority’ of the £26 million project will be completed for November 3 but ’works will continue past that date’.

This follows after the rescheduled September deadline was missed, as revealed recently in the minutes of the MyProm strategic project board meeting that saw DoI members and the contractor in charge of the project, Auldyn Construction, meet in August.

It was expressed in this meeting that the November date was likely to be ’more accurate’.

It has now been confirmed up to four weeks will be needed to complete a section of tramway on which work will begin ’soon’.

The DoI spokesperson said: ’The majority of the project will be delivered by November 3, but works will continue past that date, including the rectification of defects.’

A defect period is a set period of time following a construction project being finished where a contractor has the right to return to the site to remedy any defects they may find.

Four weeks is needed for a defect period which could see the prom works entering into December of this year.

The spokesperson continued: ’A 70-metre section of tramway between Broadway and Esplanade Mews remains outstanding to accommodate work on the tramway points.

’This work will take three to four weeks and will get under way as soon as possible.

’It will, however, be off the highway and have a minimal impact on traffic flow.’

A total of 14 teams are currently working on the prom, most of these from Auldyn and its subconstractors. Three DoI teams are also supporting this.

The deadline for construction to be completed before the September date, including the defect period, was October.

Construction on the prom has been beset with a number of delays, in part due to Covid-19 as well as lack of resources.

One of the most recent being when it was delayed to September due to Auldyn struggling for resources and staff and the Department of Infrastructure was forced to step in to carry out parts of the project.

The revamp, aimed to redesign much of the promenade to improve traffic flow, junctions and footpaths, has been running for over three years now since its start date on September 17, 2018 after Tynwald members approved it.

Meanwhile, police are reminding the public that Walpole Avenue changed direction earlier this week on October 11.

Police put out the reminder after seeing a number of vehicles going the wrong way.

They are asking motorists not to drive down the road from the Lord Street side as there are ’very clear no entry signs’.