Hope floats for Chalong Underpass opening by April

[madmitch]

They seem to be working very quickly at the moment. They were working in the dark last night at around 8:30 when I passed and plenty of workers were there at 7:30 this morning.

 

So fast are they working that they've done 38 days work in the last 12 days. Yes, the sign states that a mere 181 days remain until the grand opening; it was 219 on October 20th.

 

At this rate we'll be driving underneath Chalong Circle by the end of the year! 

[Valentine]

23 minutes ago, madmitch said:

They seem to be working very quickly at the moment. They were working in the dark last night at around 8:30 when I passed and plenty of workers were there at 7:30 this morning.

 

So fast are they working that they've done 38 days work in the last 12 days. Yes, the sign states that a mere 181 days remain until the grand opening; it was 219 on October 20th.

 

At this rate we'll be driving underneath Chalong Circle by the end of the year! 

Maybe they have deadline to get the circle open again.

[LivinginKata]

18 minutes ago, Valentine said:

Maybe they have deadline to get the circle open again.

 

All they have to go is lay the short concrete 'bridge' and they can open the roundabout. Should be done very soon.

[Old Croc]

They'll run out of money again and your hope will float away.

[stevenl]

35 minutes ago, Old Croc said:

They'll run out of money again and your hope will float away.

Huh, when did they run out of money?

[Old Croc]

28 minutes ago, stevenl said:

Huh, when did they run out of money?

Probably the last time the project went into hibernation.

You do understand stevenl that with building projects, funds are normally paid in installments ?

 

[stevenl]

2 minutes ago, Old Croc said:

Probably the last time the project went into hibernation.

You do understand stevenl that with building projects, funds are normally paid in installments ?

 

You suppose they earlier ran out of money, so make the statement you hope it doesn't happen again, and when asked about that try to question the knowledge of the person asking the question.

 

I very much doubt they ran out of money.

[Old Croc]

If someone displays a lack of knowledge I may question it.

 

Is your last sentence based on knowledge or opinion?

[Valentine]

It seems to be taking an epic amount of time to get the concrete in place so they can open the circle again. It was originally supposed to take 2 months. That despicable excuse for a road that runs from the circle past Home Pro is an absolute disgrace to the contractor & those who oversee the project. Traffic can be diverted & work undertaken during the night to fix that stretch.

[stevenl]

7 hours ago, Valentine said:

It seems to be taking an epic amount of time to get the concrete in place so they can open the circle again. It was originally supposed to take 2 months. That despicable excuse for a road that runs from the circle past Home Pro is an absolute disgrace to the contractor & those who oversee the project. Traffic can be diverted & work undertaken during the night to fix that stretch.

The circle was supposed to be reopened mid November.

[Kopitiam]

3 hours ago, stevenl said:

The circle was supposed to be reopened mid November.

This has been superseded by the latest announcement that it will be ready by April 2019.  Don't hold your breath.

[LivinginKata]

15 minutes ago, Kopitiam said:

This has been superseded by the latest announcement that it will be ready by April 2019.  Don't hold your breath.

 

Not talking about tunnel being open, talking about tunnel bridge being open over tunnel. Bridge should have been finished by now in my opinion and circle open, 

[pattayadgw]

Should say "HOPE DROWNS"....:))

[Old Croc]

1 hour ago, pattayadgw said:

Should say "HOPE DROWNS"....:))

Careful, don't do any one-liners about the strange title of this thread, the pedants will jump on you!

[madmitch]

I've been away for a few days but saw yesterday that they've now opened a  u-turn before Homepro. The number of days remaining board had lost a number so it reads 1 3. 

[LivinginKata]

On 11/12/2018 at 9:50 AM, madmitch said:

I've been away for a few days but saw yesterday that they've now opened a  u-turn before Homepro. The number of days remaining board had lost a number so it reads 1 3. 

 

 I planned to use that u-turn today. But it was roped off. Looked like reserved for construction traffic.

 

Looked like most of the concrete tunnel deck has been laid. Much digging out in fast progress. I see no reason why road through circle can be open soon. Looks like they are constructing something in middle of new circle. Maybe small tower ?

[stevenl]

14 minutes ago, LivinginKata said:

 

 I planned to use that u-turn today. But it was roped off. Looked like reserved for construction traffic.

 

Looked like most of the concrete tunnel deck has been laid. Much digging out in fast progress. I see no reason why road through circle can be open soon. Looks like they are constructing something in middle of new circle. Maybe small tower ?

Maybe the fountain is coming back?

[madmitch]

22 minutes ago, LivinginKata said:

 

 I planned to use that u-turn today. But it was roped off. Looked like reserved for construction traffic.

 

Looked like most of the concrete tunnel deck has been laid. Much digging out in fast progress. I see no reason why road through circle can be open soon. Looks like they are constructing something in middle of new circle. Maybe small tower ?

I also wonder why they've left it this long to change the traffic flow around Homepro, with right turns only next to the Italian place and the other two roads left int Chaofa West. Preparation for some other surprise maybe or just the police taking three months to decide it might be better?

[Valentine]

There must be huge monetary losses to local business because of the works & possibly some have had to shut down

[LivinginKata]

2 hours ago, Valentine said:

There must be huge monetary losses to local business because of the works & possibly some have had to shut down

 

Roger that. For many kilometers each side of circle. That Food for Falangs place is taking a hit. For me I have to give it a miss unless really need their food. Tesco next to circle is dead. 

[stevenl]

2 hours ago, LivinginKata said:

 

Roger that. For many kilometers each side of circle. That Food for Falangs place is taking a hit. For me I have to give it a miss unless really need their food. Tesco next to circle is dead. 

That Tesco was dead the moment a reasonable size Supercheap opened next door. And I still see lots of movement at that Supercheap whenever I pass (nearly every day).

[Valentine]

9 hours ago, stevenl said:

That Tesco was dead the moment a reasonable size Supercheap opened next door. And I still see lots of movement at that Supercheap whenever I pass (nearly every day).

The other day that Tesco had only half dozen cars parked but it competition from Makro, Supercheap & the bigger Tesco on West out paid to it. I spoke with the battery shop owner on the entrance to Kan Eng 2 who told me his business is way down, manager at SCB said business was down. Supercheap has its own special U turn which helps but the car park used to be quite full & does not seem to be so now