Calls for privately-owned road in Douglas to be taken over by Council and reopened to alleviate traffic problems

The Douglas Village Shopping Centre car park which is currently undergoing partial demolition. The road beside the car park was never taken in charge by the council.
However, Labour representative Peter Horgan has offered alternative uses for the road.
"If one was to stand at the two junctions that was formally operating as a road, you would be forgiven for thinking that traffic is actually flowing smoother than it was when it was open
"Rather than a hasty call to reopen what was a bottleneck of traffic at peak times a traffic study should be carried out on the area as it is currently operating.
"When the centre is safe again structurally I would very much like to see a portion of that road open for pedestrian and bike use but we should not be so hasty to reopen what was, anecdotally, a major pinch point in traffic. Take the money to purchase such a road and upgrade the Douglas Relief Road which is perpetually falling into itself and a dangerous hazard for all road users including cars and bikes."