leicester Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 Most of you will have noticed the clear efforts made by Abhisit to improve the pavements on Bangkok's busiest walk ways. We have all hit our toe on a nuisance obstacle that has no reason to be there at some point or another. We must appreciate the new government forking out for materials and manpower. Once an area has been designated for this paving regeneration, piles of paving slabs are left in the middle of the street and relaid in a state that merits work done by a child. There are gaps in the slabs which equate to dangerous pot holes and excess slabs are left hindering the path. Can anybody explain why soft sand is used instead of cement as common sense would suggest these slabs will sink and therefore become uneven similar to its present condition? I have recently had fusion surgery for degenerative disc disease at L5-S1 in my lumbar and walking is supposedly an excellent way to help fuse the spine in recovery. The pavements here have never been very good and this poor workmanship only retains such inadequacies. Block paving is hardly difficult. Only laziness and lack of knowledge and training can account for this situation. Training to lay paving must take at least 30 minutes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulUSA302 Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 Most of you will have noticed the clear efforts made by Abhisit to improve the pavements on Bangkok's busiest walk ways. We have all hit our toe on a nuisance obstacle that has no reason to be there at some point or another. We must appreciate the new government forking out for materials and manpower. Once an area has been designated for this paving regeneration, piles of paving slabs are left in the middle of the street and relaid in a state that merits work done by a child. There are gaps in the slabs which equate to dangerous pot holes and excess slabs are left hindering the path. Can anybody explain why soft sand is used instead of cement as common sense would suggest these slabs will sink and therefore become uneven similar to its present condition? I have recently had fusion surgery for degenerative disc disease at L5-S1 in my lumbar and walking is supposedly an excellent way to help fuse the spine in recovery. The pavements here have never been very good and this poor workmanship only retains such inadequacies. Block paving is hardly difficult. Only laziness and lack of knowledge and training can account for this situation. Training to lay paving must take at least 30 minutes! Do you know how many people are employed by the sand and paver people? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocStrangelove Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 as far as i can tell, they picked up what was there and put it back although it probably cost the tax payers several million baht. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrybankruad Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 Same old story all over Thailand. Sufficients funds POSSIBLY allocated in the first place, but by the time all the levels of construction have had their monetary 'skim off' that is the result yoy get. You should see the state or the roadss where I live in the country. Absolutely appalling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yabaaaa Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 (edited) Most of you will have noticed the clear efforts made by Abhisit to improve the pavements on Bangkok's busiest walk ways. We have all hit our toe on a nuisance obstacle that has no reason to be there at some point or another. We must appreciate the new government forking out for materials and manpower. Once an area has been designated for this paving regeneration, piles of paving slabs are left in the middle of the street and relaid in a state that merits work done by a child. There are gaps in the slabs which equate to dangerous pot holes and excess slabs are left hindering the path. Can anybody explain why soft sand is used instead of cement as common sense would suggest these slabs will sink and therefore become uneven similar to its present condition? I have recently had fusion surgery for degenerative disc disease at L5-S1 in my lumbar and walking is supposedly an excellent way to help fuse the spine in recovery. The pavements here have never been very good and this poor workmanship only retains such inadequacies. Block paving is hardly difficult. Only laziness and lack of knowledge and training can account for this situation. Training to lay paving must take at least 30 minutes! Soft sand is used under paving slabs in the Uk and is for PEDESTRIAN traffic, when you have a dropped kerb put up to your house then they lay the slabs on concrete for VEHICULAR traffic. However in Thailand there is no defined boundary for road pavement Edited October 31, 2009 by yabaaaa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaihome Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 Most of you will have noticed the clear efforts made by Abhisit to improve the pavements on Bangkok's busiest walk ways. We have all hit our toe on a nuisance obstacle that has no reason to be there at some point or another. We must appreciate the new government forking out for materials and manpower. ... Just a side note that may shed some light on what you actually know about Thailand, Abhisit is the Prime Minister of Thailand and has nothing to do with the ongoing (for at least 2 years) campaign to replace the sidewalks all over Bangkok. That would be the past and present governors of the Bangkok province, namely Apirak Kosayothin and Sukhumbhand Paribatra that started it. TH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tw25rw Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 Soft sand is used under paving slabs in the Uk and is for PEDESTRIAN traffic, when you have a dropped kerb put up to your house then they lay the slabs on concrete for VEHICULAR traffic. However in Thailand there is no defined boundary for road pavement I've noticed, at least in London, that they are using ground up bottle glass as the substrate now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yabaaaa Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 Soft sand is used under paving slabs in the Uk and is for PEDESTRIAN traffic, when you have a dropped kerb put up to your house then they lay the slabs on concrete for VEHICULAR traffic. However in Thailand there is no defined boundary for road pavement I've noticed, at least in London, that they are using ground up bottle glass as the substrate now. Maybe because the main ingredient was sand, would still have thought using sand was cheaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PattayaParent Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 When I lived in Bangkok some 15 year ago the pavements (sidewalks for our US members) were so bad that the motorcy taxis refused to drive on them. Sounds like nothing has changed since? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phetaroi Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 When I lived in Bangkok some 15 year ago the pavements (sidewalks for our US members) were so bad that the motorcy taxis refused to drive on them.Sounds like nothing has changed since? I wish the dolts would refuse to drive on them now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briggsy Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 The pavements are for vending garlic and chemical flavour sausages and plastic tat. You're supposed to walk in the road here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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