Pattaya, Marine Dept. point fingers over failure to remove encroaching bridge

 

PATTAYA:--Seventeen months after an illegal bridge across the South Pattaya flood-drainage canal was ordered demolished, is still standing and progress to remove it standing still.

 

Pattaya and Marine Department officials are pointing fingers at each other for the delay, each claiming it’s the others responsibility to remove the bridge built by a renegade property owner to facilitate access to his construction site. As both government offices squabble, the land owner actually has made improvements to the bridge area, adding facilities and a tent.

 

Area business owners – some of which already were forced to demolish structures encroaching on the canal – planned to meet with Pattaya city officials Nov. 18 to demand action.

 

See more: https://www.pattayamail.com/news/pattaya-marine-dept-point-fingers-over-failure-to-remove-encroaching-bridge-277136

-- PATTAYA MAIL 2019-11-24--

The bridge is still there, different officials blaming others is just a method of making sure the brown envelopes keep coming, and keep getting bigger.

23 minutes ago, colinneil said:

The bridge is still there, different officials blaming others is just a method of making sure the brown envelopes keep coming, and keep getting bigger.

"Pattaya ordered construction on the building stopped as it did not have a permit and the landowner fought back, turning the construction site into a parking lot. He claimed in July this year that he bribed a city official to allow the lot to open."

Looks quite nice. Sack these dope useless 'officials' and put this land owner in charge!

Renegade property owner is in hiding so It's the Marine department's responsibility? ???? TIT ????

I guess if a street vendor parked on it, it would be closed immediately

1 hour ago, jacko45k said:

Looks quite nice. Sack these dope useless 'officials' and put this land owner in charge!

Don´t worry! He´s already in charge out of what we can see.

Anothet example of the impotence of officialdom. Helmet laws are ignored; illegal, modified mufflers on scooters are ignored; scooters drive on the wrong side of the road, and on and on. Laws here mean little, unless the hi-so are inconvenienced or threatened. 

22 hours ago, Rimmer said:

Pattaya and Marine Department officials are

both being paid for their inaction by the owner of the property as he continues to put in improvements to his business.

At least the land owner seems to know how the system works, which is more than can be said for the Pattaya and Marine Department officials.

On 11/24/2019 at 10:40 AM, Rimmer said:

Pattaya and Marine Department officials are pointing fingers at each other for the delay, each claiming it’s the others responsibility to remove the bridge

Amateurs!