Planes on lampposts! Nong Prue mayor said they were not that expensive and value for money

[webfact]

Picture: Sanook

 

Sanook went to investigate after model aeroplanes appeared on the tops of 18 lamposts in Nong Prue district of Bang Plee, Samut Prakan. 

 

The area is close to Bangkok's main Suvarnabhumi airport. 

 

An online post claimed the structures cost 106,800 baht each and had cost the local authority 1,922,400 baht in total.

 

The media found that the 8 meter tall posts were among 300 others utilising solar cell technology, most did not have the planes stuck on the top.

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Local mayor Udom Klinphuang thought they looked lovely and he disputed the 106,88 baht cost.

 

They were only 92,000 baht each, he said, a fact that was a matter of public record. 

 

That he said represented value for money. 

[RandolphGB]

Great to see local authorities tightening their belts during the country's worst economic downturn in more than two decades. 

 

I wander how the company was awarded the contract to do that and what the exact numbers were.

[worgeordie]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

They were only 92,000 baht each

Well it's not his money, sure it could  have been better spent,

regards worgeordie

[trainman34014]

Tut Tut; they are not in Thai Airways colours !

[MasterBaker]

love it, where can i get one?

[CharlieH]

Dotted around the area,not in consecutive spots might have been better.

Seriously, I would have thought they could find better things to do with 2 mil bahr ! than waste it on cosmetic toys.

But then probably a friend or relative needed the order ?

[CharlieH]

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[sapson]

Thai people desperate in queues on the streets for food hand outs many funded by westerners, yet nearly 2 million baht spunked at local government level on model planes on lamp posts.!

 

How the hell does that expenditure get sanctioned?

 

Crazy world ....India with many of the population without basic medicine, sanitation and essentials has a government funding probes to Mars..........first space program to find  water on the moon ! yet they dont have enough toilets for their people to have a shi@@t in their own back yard.!!

 

No wonder people drink maybe it stops you thinking!

[Dazinoz]

26 minutes ago, MasterBaker said:

love it, where can i get one?

Nong Prue.

 

[Burma Bill]

I have heard of "light aircraft" but this is unbelievable!

[Tropicalevo]

We have big, shiny CCTV cameras on the new solar lights on Samui.

Solar wifi?

[Cake Monster]

Wow ! 

Thats amazing, and sited in such a place as to be seen by so many people.

[NeoDinosaw]

3 hours ago, trainman34014 said:

Tut Tut; they are not in Thai Airways colours !

 

Which airline is it advertising ?

 

Maybe they could cover the cost instead of the tax-payer

[rwill]

It's very common for lamp posts to have decorations on them here.  Each area seems to have there own. 

 

But those are pretty gawdy.

[GreasyFingers]

14 minutes ago, rwill said:

It's very common for lamp posts to have decorations on them here.  Each area seems to have there own. 

 

But those are pretty gawdy.

I can see the posts but where are the lamps?

[chickenslegs]

23 minutes ago, rwill said:

It's very common for lamp posts to have decorations on them here.  Each area seems to have there own. 

 

But those are pretty gawdy.

Another road in Nong Prue ...

This one has candy twist poles with some sort of basket/hat/flying saucer on top.

[tifino]

guess he assumes his logic is plane to see?

[holy cow cm]

13 minutes ago, chickenslegs said:

Another road in Nong Prue ...

This one has candy twist poles with some sort of basket/hat/flying saucer on top.

So its a trend for the area. I myself would like to see little statue silhouettes of go go girls on the poles. 

[sammieuk1]

Thanks for the memory of years gone by ???? 

[holy cow cm]

4 hours ago, trainman34014 said:

Tut Tut; they are not in Thai Airways colours !

Take a closer look at the back section of purple gold and red color strip. It is certainly Thai airways colors.

[digger70]

Planes on lampposts! Nong Prue mayor said they were not that expensive and value for money. 

 

He can say that because he didn't pay for them.

Now they should let Him pay for them From his Earnings .

[Dazinoz]

1 hour ago, NeoDinosaw said:

Which airline is it advertising ?

Nong Prue Air.

 

Seriously the stripe on the side looks Thai but the tail fin livery doesn't. I been looking through aircraft tail liveries to try identify.

Edited June 10, 2021 by Dazinoz

[kynikoi]

Well, actually 78000 each. The balance was returned to his personal 'rewards card' ????

[RichardColeman]

Thais are questionable the worst drivers in the world - why on earth would you want to distract them even more ? 

 

 

[Disparate Dan]

3 hours ago, CharlieH said:

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Understand that, but in this case there is something interesting, in that another tambon nearby appears to have bought much the same street furniture, albeit with different adornments, and the cost is around three thousand USD each.

Meanwhile in Samrong, in the same province, there are many lamp-posts that feature similar artwork but do not have the solar attachments. I wonder, as they used to say in Private Eye, if they could be related?

[chickenslegs]

1 minute ago, Disparate Dan said:

I wonder, as they used to say in Private Eye, if they could be related?

Shurely not.

[KhunBENQ]

Not that I am against solar lamps in general.

They have their use where no wiring exists.

But look at this ugly forest of poles and existing wire.

And then adding more poles on both sides of the road with expensive solar lamps.

Finally calling it nice. It's dirt ugly!

What an important road is it that needs so much lighting?

Shady business, waste of money for sure.

 

Edited June 10, 2021 by KhunBENQ

[kidneyw]

Submarines would have been better.

[nauseus]

7 hours ago, trainman34014 said:

Tut Tut; they are not in Thai Airways colours !

 

 

Looks like they in THAI livery except for the altered blue tail end and fin.

[Upnotover]

It's all a part of the money go round.