Repair budget set for neglected Koh Larn bridge

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Repair budget set for neglected Koh Larn bridge

KOH LARN:--Pattaya plans to repair Koh Larn’s neglected Tien Beach bridge, but not until next year.

 

Deputy Mayor Ronakit Ekasingh said July 15 that a 4.5-million-baht budget has been requested for 2020 to fix the bridge which local residents claim is near collapse.

 

Locals at the third-most-popular beach on the island said there have been no lights on the bridge for a decade and, now neglect has caused the very foundation of the four-meter-high bridge over a shoreline of rocks to degrade.

 

About half the 500-meter span has no railing, the steel posts and foundation are rusted and various parts and joints are missing. The bridge could collapse at any time, residents fear.

 

City hall engineers already have blueprints for a renovated bridge. The Pattaya City Council will decide whether to approve the spending Aug. 5.

 

-- PATTAYA MAIL 2019-07-19—

[Searat7]

Maybe they will take all the trash off the island too.

[sammieuk1]

One could say with confidence 500,000 will get spent on the bridge and 4m for the planning of spending it????

[ddotmark]

That bridge looked like it was going to collape 8 years ago when I visited Koh Larn. No railing on the seaside so you could fall into the rocky coastline. Rusted rebarb sticking up where the concrete had degraded and holes in the concrete deck. Amazing it had gone this long without repairs or collapsing. 

Edited July 19, 2019 by ddotmark

[ChrisY1]

Is the budget number 2 or 3?

[kidneyw]

Nothing will ever be done until somebody is injured in an accident.

[jacko45k]

16 hours ago, Searat7 said:

Maybe they will take all the trash off the island too.

The ferries do that, but bring it back in the morning.