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Just like the topic.

What do you think?

Right now it's very very messy but some part of the "BIG CLEANING" project has completed. It's larger and it looks like it will be easier to walk or run. I think it's a good thing for the city.

And what else do you think the city really needs right now when talking about transportation infrastructures?

I would say new bigger airport or good BUS services. (Not likely to happen soon until Mr. Thaksin returns of-course)

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What do you think?

Pork-barrel waste of money. The fact that the new sidewalks are nice and easier to walk on doesn't sway me regarding the need for replacing the old sidewalks which themselves were not really all that old. Just about anything could be redone and made better.

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What do you think?

Pork-barrel waste of money. The fact that the new sidewalks are nice and easier to walk on doesn't sway me regarding the need for replacing the old sidewalks which themselves were not really all that old. Just about anything could be redone and made better.

i am lost for words

:D:D:D:o

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What do you think?

Pork-barrel waste of money. The fact that the new sidewalks are nice and easier to walk on doesn't sway me regarding the need for replacing the old sidewalks which themselves were not really all that old. Just about anything could be redone and made better.

Yup those sidewalks are far too wide, hardly get used and it makes taking those U-Turn corners more tricky :o

The bike and car is king in Chiang Mai and it works.

Just another example of the CM authorities trying to pander to the mythical ideal of bringing in some cornucopa tourism boom.

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Pork-barrel waste of money. The fact that the new sidewalks are nice and easier to walk on doesn't sway me regarding the need for replacing the old sidewalks which themselves were not really all that old. Just about anything could be redone and made better.

i am lost for words

:D:D:D:o

Allow me to clarify using a different example and apologies if my earlier meaning wasn't clear. I could repaint my house every six months and no arguing that it (theoretically) would look nicer for having done so, but is there any pressing need for this repainting to occur with such frequency? The old brick sidewalks around the moat were not old. I'm guessing five years old at the max, perhaps somebody else could clarify this point for me. There was nothing inherently wrong with the old walkways. Great that the new walks are nicer, I'd certainly hope that for the money spent the new walkways wouldn't be worse than that which was replaced. This project has all the appearances of a public works project that was initiated purely to spend money, funds that arguably could have been spent elsewhere on more pressing needs. One such example might be fixing the same-era brickwork that's been loose on Ratchadamnoen Road since the day the bricks were poorly laid several years back.

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Putting phone booths and such in the middle of the pavements/sidewalks is first thing that needs to be "renovated" in Chiang Mai. They are stupid, ugly and hard to negociate for the average person. What are the handicapped supposed to do. :o

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Putting phone booths and such in the middle of the pavements/sidewalks is first thing that needs to be "renovated" in Chiang Mai. They are stupid, ugly and hard to negociate for the average person. What are the handicapped supposed to do. :o

That would be an excellent step towards making the city more pedestrian friendly. I wouldn't be at all surprised to learn that a good number of those obstructions phones are non-functional anyway. That always seemed to be the case before I bought a handphone and eliminated the personal need to use public phones.

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Just like the topic.

What do you think?

Right now it's very very messy but some part of the "BIG CLEANING" project has completed. It's larger and it looks like it will be easier to walk or run. I think it's a good thing for the city.

And what else do you think the city really needs right now when talking about transportation infrastructures?

I would say new bigger airport or good BUS services. (Not likely to happen soon until Mr. Thaksin returns of-course)

I admit to being a bit slow in the thinking department but what exactly are these "kuu-muang sidewalks" when they are home.

I mean are we talking about the renovation ot the sidewalks around the klong ??

If so it's just an exercise to spend money and keep a few labourers off the streets !

I thought that when the much lauded female got into power that there would be some signs of sanity "I realise, how foolish of me to think that" :o

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I could be wrong, but I think that she inherited this project and should not be blamed for it. :o

Speaking of inherited or passed-down projects, what ever happened to the plan to bury all the power cables on Taphae Road? Wasn't that the reason behind the recent construction that went on for a couple years on Taphae with the deeply dug pits?

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Putting phone booths and such in the middle of the pavements/sidewalks is first thing that needs to be "renovated" in Chiang Mai. They are stupid, ugly and hard to negociate for the average person. What are the handicapped supposed to do. :o

That would be an excellent step towards making the city more pedestrian friendly. I wouldn't be at all surprised to learn that a good number of those obstructions phones are non-functional anyway. That always seemed to be the case before I bought a handphone and eliminated the personal need to use public phones.

I think they need to provide some barriers like tree planters etc to discourage motorbikes from using the sidewalks. Kinda sucks but a little more pedestrian slalom results in fewer motosai's on the sidewalk... Take the good with the bad.

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i like them. but it would be nice if the trees were to one side or another so two people could walk side by side.

as to the 'need' for them.... well they are better. and tourists do appreciate basic infrastructure. and we do rely on tourists. so maybe the new walkways will encourage more tourists to tell their friends about what a charming and comfortable old city chiang mai is. maybe not, but given that the new walks did/do provide employment for several people, make it easier for those who do live here to walk around, and might encourage tourism growth then they are better than leaving the old broken, uneven, and puddle prone walkways in place.

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i like them. but it would be nice if the trees were to one side or another so two people could walk side by side.

as to the 'need' for them.... well they are better. and tourists do appreciate basic infrastructure. and we do rely on tourists. so maybe the new walkways will encourage more tourists to tell their friends about what a charming and comfortable old city chiang mai is. maybe not, but given that the new walks did/do provide employment for several people, make it easier for those who do live here to walk around, and might encourage tourism growth then they are better than leaving the old broken, uneven, and puddle prone walkways in place.

Basic infrastructure like cabs/song taews/tuk-tuk's that didn't try and charge tourists up to 5 or 6 times what the normal fare would be, would go alot further towards a pleasant experience than a chunk of smooth sidewalk ever could!

-Mestizo

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What are the handicapped supposed to do. :o

Take a taxi. Seriously, it's near-impossible to navigate Chiang Mai with a stroller, I have first-hand experience on that. Forget about a wheelchair.

If they'd made all the sidewalks such that they could be navigated by wheelchair, they'd be much easier to walk too. That means: Removing the (huge) pot holes and other holes. Removing power masts, trees, utility boxes, telephone booths, and all sorts of other obstacles in the middle of an already narrow sidewalk. Not to mention mysterious metal hooks and rebar sticking out of the ground. Making the sidewalk less than 20 cm high everywhere. Add sidewalks in the many places where there are none.

This would go a long way in making CM more tourist-friendly.

As for the new sidewalks - they are very nice but also completely unnecessary. I wonder why they can't put the pork barrel funds to use where new stuff is actually needed.

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What are the handicapped supposed to do. :o

Take a taxi. Seriously, it's near-impossible to navigate Chiang Mai with a stroller, I have first-hand experience on that. Forget about a wheelchair.

If they'd made all the sidewalks such that they could be navigated by wheelchair, they'd be much easier to walk too. That means: Removing the (huge) pot holes and other holes. Removing power masts, trees, utility boxes, telephone booths, and all sorts of other obstacles in the middle of an already narrow sidewalk. Not to mention mysterious metal hooks and rebar sticking out of the ground. Making the sidewalk less than 20 cm high everywhere. Add sidewalks in the many places where there are none.

This would go a long way in making CM more tourist-friendly.

As for the new sidewalks - they are very nice but also completely unnecessary. I wonder why they can't put the pork barrel funds to use where new stuff is actually needed.

exactly,

someone mentioned Tapae rd power lines going underground, theyve got these greeny concrete light fixtures that dont work that have been there for about 2 years!!!. The same was suppose to happen along Changklan rd- all the trenches dug and cables laid, they even have cables sticking out where street lamps are going in, this was completed a year ago.

I know Rome wasnt built in a day, but we not talking about building a new city.

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