Why was the mountain road closed: Tue, 10 Apr 2018

Original Request

It states that the mountain road was closed on this date for 'TT preparation work' Why have Porsche, today 30/04/2018, uploaded a video of their new car on social media platform Instagram, utilising closed road around the Isle of Man including the mountain road? As far as i am aware, no signs or news stated it would be closed for filming purposes? https://www.energyfm.net/cms/news_story_525303.html

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APPENDIX 2 Programme Title: Programme Prog no: A Date: 01/05/2018 Drawn: 16/02/2006 Revision no: A Rev. date: 27/04/2006 Author: Planner - Chart Properties TT patching

Line Name Duration Start Finish 2018 April 9 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Mountain Road Closure 2 Patches at Joeys Mountain Box Road shiney on racing line Potholes Guthries Memorial and on the gooseneck in ramsey bound carriageway. Potholes just up from brandish corner Pothole on inside of brandwell corner douglas bouund carriageway Reinstatement of trench crossing at Creg- na-baa Reinstatement of drainage patch at Hillberry 3d 1d 1d 1d 1d 1d 1d 1d 10/04/2018 10/04/2018 11/04/2018 11/04/2018 11/04/2018 11/04/2018 12/04/2018 12/04/2018 12/04/2018 10/04/2018 11/04/2018 11/04/2018 11/04/2018 11/04/2018 12/04/2018 12/04/2018 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 You created this PDF from an application that is not licensed to print to novaPDF printer (http://www.novapdf.com)

APPENDIX 3 Asset Referenc e Asset Name Type Insp Date Completion Date Reference Schedule Date Assigned Organisation Asset Location Zone 3407 Bungalow Bridge Culvert Pre TT Inspection 10/04/2018 10/04/2018 PTT1800055 10/04/2018 Insp-HAM Inspection Team Mountain Road 3288 Windy Corner CG Pre TT Inspection 10/04/2018 10/04/2018 PTT1800031 10/04/2018 Insp-HAM Inspection Team Mountain Road 3409 Creg Ny Baa Culvert 2 Pre TT Inspection 10/04/2018 10/04/2018 PTT1800057 10/04/2018 Insp-HAM Inspection Team Mountain Road 3403 Glen Auldyn Culvert 1 Pre TT Inspection 10/04/2018 10/04/2018 PTT1800053 10/04/2018 Insp-HAM Inspection Team Mountain Road 5669 Mountain Mile Landslip RW Pre TT Inspection 10/04/2018 10/04/2018 PTT1800061 10/04/2018 Insp-HAM Inspection Team Mountain Road 3392 Upper Guthries Culvert Pre TT Inspection 10/04/2018 10/04/2018 PTT1800042 10/04/2018 Insp-HAM Inspection Team Mountain Road 3302 Tholt-y-Will (Bungalow) CG Pre TT Inspection 10/04/2018 10/04/2018 PTT1800033 10/04/2018 Insp-HAM Inspection Team Mountain Road 3402 Glen Auldyn Culvert 2 Pre TT Inspection 10/04/2018 10/04/2018 PTT1800052 10/04/2018 Insp-HAM Inspection Team Mountain Road 3400 Glen Auldyn Culvert 3 Pre TT Inspection 10/04/2018 10/04/2018 PTT1800050 10/04/2018 Insp-HAM Inspection Team Mountain Road 3386 Elfin Glen Culvert (prev misnamed ballure 2) Pre TT Inspection 10/04/2018 10/04/2018 PTT1800036 10/04/2018 Insp-HAM Inspection Team Mountain Road 3388 Fern Glen Culvert 3 Pre TT Inspection 10/04/2018 10/04/2018 PTT1800038 10/04/2018 Insp-HAM Inspection Team Mountain Road 3389 Fern Glen Culvert 2 Pre TT Inspection 10/04/2018 10/04/2018 PTT1800039 10/04/2018 Insp-HAM Inspection Team Mountain Road 3401 Glen Auldyn Culvert 7 Pre TT Inspection 10/04/2018 10/04/2018 PTT1800051 10/04/2018 Insp-HAM Inspection Team Mountain Road 3391 Lower Gruthries Culvert Pre TT Inspection 10/04/2018 10/04/2018 PTT1800041 10/04/2018 Insp-HAM Inspection Team Mountain Road 3289 Brandywell Road (Mountain Junction) CG Pre TT Inspection 10/04/2018 10/04/2018 PTT1800032 10/04/2018 Insp-HAM Inspection Team Mountain Road 3385 Ballure Culvert 3 Pre TT Inspection 10/04/2018 10/04/2018 PTT1800035 10/04/2018 Insp-HAM Inspection Team Mountain Road 3390 Fern Glen Culvert 1 Pre TT Inspection 10/04/2018 10/04/2018 PTT1800040 10/04/2018 Insp-HAM Inspection Team Mountain Road 3394 Brookdale Culvert 1 Pre TT Inspection 10/04/2018 10/04/2018 PTT1800044 10/04/2018 Insp-HAM Inspection Team Mountain Road 3396 Glen Auldyn/Mountain Road RW Pre TT Inspection 10/04/2018 10/04/2018 PTT1800046 10/04/2018 Insp-HAM Inspection Team Mountain Road 3397 Glen Auldyn Culvert 5 Pre TT Inspection 10/04/2018 10/04/2018 PTT1800047 10/04/2018 Insp-HAM Inspection Team Mountain Road 3398 Glen Auldyn Culvert 4 Pre TT Inspection 10/04/2018 10/04/2018 PTT1800048 10/04/2018 Insp-HAM Inspection Team Mountain Road 3399 Glen Auldyn Culvert 6 Pre TT Inspection 10/04/2018 10/04/2018 PTT1800049 10/04/2018 Insp-HAM Inspection Team Mountain Road 3406 Block Eary Culvert 3 Pre TT Inspection 10/04/2018 10/04/2018 PTT1800054 10/04/2018 Insp-HAM Inspection Team Mountain Road 3408 Creg ny Baa Culvert 1 Pre TT Inspection 10/04/2018 10/04/2018 PTT1800056 10/04/2018 Insp-HAM Inspection Team Mountain Road 5129 Hillberry Culvert Pre TT Inspection 10/04/2018 10/04/2018 PTT1800058 10/04/2018 Insp-HAM Inspection Team Mountain Road 3395 Brookdale Culvert 2 Pre TT Inspection 10/04/2018 10/04/2018 PTT1800045 10/04/2018 Insp-HAM Inspection Team Mountain Road 3387 Ballure Culvert 1 Pre TT Inspection 10/04/2018 10/04/2018 PTT1800037 10/04/2018 Insp-HAM Inspection Team Mountain Road 3303 Rhowin Road (Gooseneck) CG Pre TT Inspection 10/04/2018 10/04/2018 PTT1800034 10/04/2018 Insp-HAM Inspection Team Mountain Road 3393 Brookdale Culvert 3 Pre TT Inspection 10/04/2018 10/04/2018 PTT1800043 10/04/2018 Insp-HAM Inspection Team Mountain Road 2732 Bungalow Footbridge Pre TT Inspection 11/04/2018 11/04/2018 PTT1700001 01/05/2018 Mountain Road 5616 Gooseneck RW Pre TT Inspection 10/04/2018 12/04/2018 PTT1800059 10/04/2018 Insp-HAM Inspection Team Mountain Road 5623 Gooseneck Bend Wall Pre TT Inspection 10/04/2018 12/04/2018 PTT1800060 10/04/2018 Insp-HAM Inspection Team Mountain Road

APPENDIX 4 CONFIDENTIAL DEPARTMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE

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AH circulated photographs of works that require fixing around the course.

ALL 10. Any Other Business

Links Farren Signs. to check any replacements.

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Department of Infrastructure Sea Terminal Building, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM1 2RF

Contact: Maggie Farmer Telephone: (01624) 686642 Email: foi.doi@gov.im

Our ref: 451540 9 May 2018

Dear ###

We write further to your request which was received on 30 April 2018 and which states:

"It states that the mountain road was closed on this date for 'TT preparation work' Why have Porsche, today 30/04/2018, uploaded a video of their new car on social media platform Instagram, utilising closed road around the Isle of Man including the mountain road? As far as i am aware, no signs or news stated it would be closed for filming purposes? https://www.energyfm.net/cms/news_story_525303.html" Clarification: Your request as it stands is a statement and not a request for information, you have clarified that you want proof that the DOI were up the Mountain during the recent closure 10-12th April and that could be any documentation proving that work was carried out i.e. job sheets, video, photographs etc

Our response to your request is as follows:

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance we are unable to provide some of the information you have requested because it is absolutely exempt under section 25 of the Act (absolutely exempt personal information). The reasons why that exemption applies are that • The Department of Infrastructure is satisfied that disclosure of the information would contravene one of the data protection principles, namely that the Department of Infrastructure can only disclose the information where it would be fair, lawful and meet one of the conditions in schedule 2 and in this case, none of those conditions have been met.

Appendix 1 – Timesheets

Appendix 2 – Programme of works Appendix 3 – List of Inspections recorded Appendix 4 – Minutes of Meeting recording Actions to be carried out during closure Appendix 5 – Copy of the Closure Other actions carried out on the Mountain and evident as your travel over it, but for which we do not have actual held information on, are the installation of the one-way signage (which is missing from Porsche video footage), marshals huts, bridges painted and patching.

As far as we have been able to ascertain Porsche were not on the Mountain, and were not given permission to go on the Mountain during our closure.

Please quote the reference number 451540 in any future communications.

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Department of Infrastructure Sea Terminal Building, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM1 2RF

Contact: Maggie Farmer Telephone: (01624) 686642 Email: foi.doi@gov.im

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I will now close your request as of this date.

Yours sincerely