webfact Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Chiang Mai-Chiang Rai highway reopened The main highway between Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai provinces in the upper North has been reopened to traffic after the five sections damaged by a flash flood were repaired. Pol Col Pongpeera Karaket, chief of Doi Saket police station in Chiang Mai, said the five sections of the highway were cut off by a flash flood on Aug 18, forcing the closure of the highway. The company contracted to repair the highway has fixed the damaged spots, allowing the highway to reopen this morning. Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/chiang-mai-chiang-rai-highway-reopened/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2018-08-20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RotMahKid Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 I can't believe they fixed this in only 2 days, I believe a next flood will flush everything away again. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kotsak Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 11 minutes ago, RotMahKid said: I can't believe they fixed this in only 2 days, I believe a next flood will flush everything away again. A nice steady stream of $$$ for the contractor. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanemax Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 15 minutes ago, RotMahKid said: I can't believe they fixed this in only 2 days, I believe a next flood will flush everything away again. They have all the materials there already for fixing the road , and they will probably divert the water for next time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Just1Voice Posted August 20, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted August 20, 2018 Had a contractor who builds highways in Thailand at our house once. When I questioned him on the poor quality of Thai highway construction, he laughed and told me there is no real money in building highways. The real money comes from repairing them. So they build them as cheap as they can to start with, then make their money constantly repairing them. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 1 hour ago, RotMahKid said: I can't believe they fixed this in only 2 days, I believe a next flood will flush everything away again. Stuns me too. But the image does not look like a repair but a makeshift mud bridge? And sure this would be washed away quickly. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Smith Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 5 hours ago, RotMahKid said: I can't believe they fixed this in only 2 days, I believe a next flood will flush everything away again. I can't believe people post replies to a topic they know sweet FA about. This road is under reconstruction/upgrade & the bits washed away were temporary roads around bridges under construction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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