webfact Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 Chalong Underpass road surfacing to cause delays, project on target for end of May finish By Waranya Prompinpiras PHUKET: The project engineer overseeing the construction of the long-awaited Chalong Underpass has warned motorists that surfacing of the roads through the critical junction will begin next Tuesday (Apr 30). Chalong Underpass is on target to open to traffic by the end of May. Photo: Phuket Highways Dept The work is expected to take two days, and expected to cause traffic delays while the work is bring carried out. Somkiet Yimpong, Project Manager at the Phuket office of the Highways Department, told The Phuket News today (Apr 25), Read more at https://www.thephuketnews.com/chalong-underpass-road-surfacing-to-cause-delays-project-on-target-for-end-of-may-finish-71222.php#g7d6jqah58PFgXvA.99 -- © Copyright Phuket News 2019-04-25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivinginKata Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 Not very wide. A are these portraits really necessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beechbum Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 2 hours ago, LivinginKata said: Not very wide. A are these portraits really necessary. It's a road...in an underpass....so yes of course they're necessary!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oziex1 Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 Is this a photo of the dual lane one way section of the underpass? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenl Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 4 hours ago, LivinginKata said: Not very wide. A are these portraits really necessary. No, not necessary. But they liven it up, same as construction in the west used to do. These days it is omitted if not necessary, but that does take the charm out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopitiam Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 Now we know where some of the budget went to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellbelly Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 No central divider yet. Are they going to to wait for multiple head ons before installing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimi007 Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 How many years to build that barely two lane underpass? What a joke! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arithai12 Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 9 hours ago, LivinginKata said: Not very wide. A are these portraits really necessary. They are not portraits. They are giant amulets for when the underpass is flooded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Somtamnication Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 8 hours ago, arithai12 said: They are not portraits. They are giant amulets for when the underpass is flooded. Chai Chai! To the mythical Triton!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansgruber Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 12 hours ago, swellbelly said: No central divider yet. Are they going to to wait for multiple head ons before installing? Central divider would make it more unsafe. If a crash and fire occurs the backed up traffic would cause a lot of trouble. No escape. Police this way can stop traffic coming the other way and divert to top road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lokie Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 Looks like a death trap to me the minute a vehicle has to stop for any reason? and thats without factoring in any fun & games on an average journey in LOS... My first thought was it must be a service road then remembered where it is ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valentine Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 It could well end up being one way. Perhaps designed by the same people who designed the 3 way underpass at Central junction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oziex1 Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 22 hours ago, hansgruber said: Central divider would make it more unsafe. If a crash and fire occurs the backed up traffic would cause a lot of trouble. No escape. Police this way can stop traffic coming the other way and divert to top road. It's a cheap job, in places where safety matters and all of the allocated budget goes to the project, the tunnel would and should consist of two separate tunnels so traffic in each tunnel is going in the same direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmitch Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 1 hour ago, Oziex1 said: It's a cheap job, in places where safety matters and all of the allocated budget goes to the project, the tunnel would and should consist of two separate tunnels so traffic in each tunnel is going in the same direction. In an ideal world you are correct but this is just not practical here. There's barely enough room for the tunnel they've made, let alone two of them and double the budget? A flyover would have been a much more practical option but they don't like them in Phuket as it destroys the beauty of the area, Chalong Circle being such a scenic, photogenic spot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oziex1 Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 28 minutes ago, madmitch said: In an ideal world you are correct but this is just not practical here. There's barely enough room for the tunnel they've made, let alone two of them and double the budget? A flyover would have been a much more practical option but they don't like them in Phuket as it destroys the beauty of the area, Chalong Circle being such a scenic, photogenic spot! Agreed, They could have made a flyover and beautified it with larger portraits than the underpass???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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