Popular Post webfact Posted September 12, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 12, 2018 Bangkok to be free of hanging wires by 2021! Bangkok governor Pol Gen Asawin Khwanmuang has told the Thai media that he expects the capital to be free of the infamous hanging wires on its main and subsidiary roads by as soon as 2021. General Asawin told Daily News that he expects private media and telecommunication companies to foot the massive bill - somewhere in the region of 20,000 million baht. He said that there were 2,700 kms of main and secondary roads out of the total of 5,000 kms of road space in the capital. This 2,700 kms would be split up into 4 autonomous zones of about 700 kms each to speed up the burying process. The total cost would be about 5 or 6 million baht per kilometer. Tenders for the work would be sorted out at the end of this year with no state money being used. It all sounded remarkably simple and could mean an end to the eyesores seen all over Bangkok that prompted Microsoft founder Bill Gates to comment on the issue in 2016 when he took put his holiday snaps of the wires near his hotel online. That prompted the military government to speed up some work on the main roads in the capital as well as in other Thai cities such as Pattaya and Chiang Mai. Thaivisa notes that the capital's residents will be waiting to see the substance of the governor's claims and what might be the consequences for traffic and pedestrian congestion if and when the work gets into full swing. Source: Daily News -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2018-09-12 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Esso49 Posted September 12, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 12, 2018 But I hope afterwards they leave the posts in place for people to scramble up every time it floods 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chang_paarp Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 The only way this will happen is if the military stay in power..... Oh bugger. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tom1959 Posted September 12, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 12, 2018 (edited) Maybe in 2121! Edited September 12, 2018 by Tom1959 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MaxLee Posted September 12, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 12, 2018 1 hour ago, webfact said: Bangkok to be free of hanging wires by 2021! April 1st news 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sirmud63 Posted September 12, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 12, 2018 1 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KMartinHandyman Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Someone’s math is way off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainman34014 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Watch this space; when it gets to 2021 the goalposts will have been moved back about 20 years ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StayinThailand2much Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 7 hours ago, webfact said: Bangkok to be free of hanging wires by 2021! Yes, and Santa Claus will slide down the chimney on Christmas Eve... ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesofa Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 6 hours ago, Tom1959 said: Maybe in 2121! The first line if that 1968 song seems quite relevant now: In the year 2525, if man is still alive. If woman can survive... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Amusements Posted September 12, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 12, 2018 Mmmm. First thing that came to mind. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_smith237 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 (edited) I suspect the majority of comm's will be wireless by then with major optics routes to *9G Wifi relay stations (*or whatever G we're on by then).... The routing of major power cables may be an issue, but they refer to comms cables which is far from being one of bangkok's eclectic charms. Anything is possible with the removal of corruption.. this is readily achievable... erm... Edited September 12, 2018 by richard_smith237 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Deerhunter Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 (edited) 2021. Yeah Right. Did Bill gates drive through on his way to Nana? Edited September 12, 2018 by The Deerhunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBadGeordie Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Failed again. It is now.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieH Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Reported post removed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prairieboy Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 16 hours ago, Esso49 said: But I hope afterwards they leave the posts in place for people to scramble up every time it floods Or as targets for the sleepy drivers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupatria Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 Which news would you rather believe? Bangkok to be free of hanging wires by 2021! Bangkok, heavy snow storms expected for X-mas 2018! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Swagman Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 And if the unicorns hadn’t been late for the ark, John Wayne would have maybe had another useable weapon to fight bad guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klauskunkel Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 19 hours ago, webfact said: somewhere in the region of 20,000 million baht. 2,700 km The total cost would be about 5 or 6 million baht per kilometer. ... and the extra 4 billion baht (a fifth of the estimate) is going to charity... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoganInParasite Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 Yeah sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsiaHand Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 19 hours ago, Chang_paarp said: The only way this will happen is if the military stay in power..... Oh bugger. The Military are ALWAYS IN POWER. From 1932 onward..They allow elections so as to look like a more democratic country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike324 Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 Well some parts of Bangkok are wire free already, but by 2021? Perhaps folks in charge don't know how big bangkok really is. Sukhumvit is not exactly the entire bangkok is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsiaHand Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 I would bet that this could never happen by then if ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansnl Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 20 hours ago, Chang_paarp said: The only way this will happen is if the military stay in power..... Oh bugger. Yes, indeed. I also wonder what will happen to all the infrastructure projects that are needed. Not the HSL, of course... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connda Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 One elite city down -- the rest of the low-so country to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xaos Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 Heard that before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgraham Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 Are they planning to change the name to something other than Bangkok? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dap Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 Riiiiiiiight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaiFelix Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 Great news.....a lot less flying pigs getting hurt hitting the wires! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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