Potholes big enough for fish! Fed up locals repair the road themselves after four deaths on "Sai Morana"

[webfact]

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Locals were out in force on a section of road in the Ban Muang area of Udon Thani, NE Thailand, where huge potholes have caused countless accidents.

 

Thai Rath had received complaints about the state of 14 kilometers of road between Ban Dung and Ban Nong Sawang that is used as a shortcut. 

 

Cars and bikes are equally inconvenienced on the road that the locals have dubbed "Sai Morana" - the stretch of death. 

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

This year alone four people have lost their lives. 

 

Some of the holes are so big the locals said there are fish swimming in them.

 

Some men with tools did some pointing lest there be any doubt.

 

Ban Muang mayor Suriyan Saneha said he had mobilized villagers and got a cement mixer to repair one particularly bad section themselves. 

 

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[Geoffggi]

Possibly a governmental cash flow problem from Bangkok to a North Eastern province .....

[puck2]

Never forget this:

for every street here in Thailand, which should  be built, the contractor has to pay a "friendly fee under the table" to the office. To win some money, the contractor has to save the volume ore quality of the "ingredients", in general cement.

 

Consequence: road holes nearly everywhere, esspecially in the sois. When you see them you know (by 100%) what has happened.

[2baht]

The words out!

 

[foreverlomsak]

11 minutes ago, Geoffggi said:

Possibly a governmental cash flow problem from Bangkok to a North Eastern province .....

I thought the country was here to support Bangkok not the other way round, at least that appears to be the attitude of Bangkok

[4MyEgo]

We have a section just outside our village that keeps getting patch jobs every time it rans, our kids play word games in the back when being driven to school over the patches and you can hear their voices shacking so to speak.

 

Fortunately we have a modern car and it doesn't effect our comfort that much, but I got to feel for the motorbikes and those sardine cans that stick all the kids in to drive them to school, I think they call them Skylab's, not the songtail, they re bigger.

[worgeordie]

Yes , spend money on Subs, Planes, all other kinds of military equipment,

never mind the infrastructure , which could improve so many of the publics

everyday lives,35 years living here and the electric still goes off when it

rains or the wind blows hard , 

regards worgeordie

 

[klauskunkel]

There is a Transportation Minister..., you just have to get him out of Krystal Klub.

[Burma Bill]

5 hours ago, foreverlomsak said:

I thought the country was here to support Bangkok not the other way round, at least that appears to be the attitude of Bangkok

Not when this man was around. He shifted support away from Bangkok to support infrastructure projects in the North. I know, I lived during his Premiership - well done Sir!!

 

[kidneyw]

At least no one drowned in them.

[ExpatOilWorker]

There are bigger potholes out there.

 

[PETERTHEEATER]

18 minutes ago, ExpatOilWorker said:

There are bigger potholes out there.

 

Sniff! They aint got no fish........????

[arithai12]

11 hours ago, worgeordie said:

Yes , spend money on Subs, Planes, all other kinds of military equipment,

never mind the infrastructure , which could improve so many of the publics

everyday lives,35 years living here and the electric still goes off when it

rains or the wind blows hard , 

regards worgeordie

 

Actually Thailand spends on military equipment, as a fraction of GDP, less than most western countries in particular less than USA, UK, Aus, NZ... here is a list. And they do spend on infrastructure, roads are maintained much better here in CM than in many large European cities. The article is about a dirt road used as a short cut in some countryside area. Dirt roads will always have potholes especially in heavy weather. If four fatalities occurred perhaps it had also something to do with how they drive?

 

[hotchilli]

21 hours ago, webfact said:

Some men with tools did some pointing lest there be any doubt.

Pointing percy at the pond?