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Tram plan 'a good compromise' - MHK

Call for work to start without delay

A form of compromise - but a good one.

That's how MHK Chris Robertshaw has described his amendment to plans for Douglas promenade.

The trams will now run the entire length of the promenade - but with just a single line from the war memorial to the Sea Terminal.

Mr Robertshaw's amendment was supported in Tynwald yesterday by 17 votes to 14 in a combined vote.

Speaking on Mandate (18 Jan) he said government now needs to get on with the work:

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