The first phase of the 80 week project will see work undertaken to strengthen Pulrose Bridge in Douglas.

BBC: Multi-million pound Isle of Man road scheme begins

This week saw the first results of a project, costing that tidy sum, which will allow astronomers to examine the universe to their hearts' content, regardless of telescope administrators and cloudy skies.

ECONOMIST: The Sloan star survey

The effect of project delays was underlined this week in a report from the National Audit Office which revealed that the first three new Type 45 destroyers will enter service without sonar defences to protect them against submarine attack.

ECONOMIST: Public investment