Bangkok intersection project expedited for August completion amid pedestrian safety concerns

[webfact]

 

The Bangkok City Administration, led by Governor Chadchart Sittipunt, has instructed the contracting company of the Na Ranong Bangkok intersection flyover project to expedite the delayed construction and ensure its completion by the end of this month.

 

Pedestrians have been faced with risk by an unfinished footbridge under the flyover. The previous infrastructure was removed, leading pedestrians to risk their safety by crossing the roads whilst waiting on the new footbridge.

 

Sahakarn Wisavakorn Company, the contracting firm responsible for the 1.34 billion baht project, has assured that the pending tasks would be finished by August 15 at the latest. Despite the flyover being operational from June 1, some aspects of the Bangkok intersection project were left incomplete. The contractor and the footbridge builder incurred daily fines of 3.3 million baht, with the fines to remain in place till the project’s completion by August 15, reported Bangkok Post.

A deadline extension for the completion of the Bangkok intersection project was given to the contractor by the cabinet to alleviate the significant impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the company’s operations, reveals Anurak Rattanachotpanit, the chief engineer overseeing the flyover construction project. He acknowledged that the company was financially affected by the pandemic, causing a delay due to labour shortage.

 

by Mitch Connor 

Top Photo courtesy of Bangkok Post

 

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[flyingtlger]

Thailand is the only place in the world that I have been where motor vehicles have the right of way over pedestrians.

The pecking order is: The bigger the vehicle, the more "right of way" you have.

Sad but true.....

[hotchilli]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

The contractor and the footbridge builder incurred daily fines of 3.3 million baht, with the fines to remain in place till the project’s completion by August 15,

Ouchhhh.

[Yellowtail]

6 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Ouchhhh.

Liquidated damages of 0.25% a day are not that bad for a public project.