The chairman of the government's Queen's Pier working group is confident the structure will eventually be refurbished, after Tynwald voted unanimously to explore two of the options it put forward.
A newly formed steering group headed by the chief minister will now carry out a detailed examination, and report back in November.
On Talking Heads today, Mr Gawne (pictured) told Stuart Peters it wasn't just another stalling tactic (play extended audio file):
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