Pattaya’s Recently Re-laid Thappraya Road Collapses

[Rimmer]

Pattaya’s Recently Re-laid Thappraya Road Collapses

PATTAYA:-- the 23rd of April 2010 [PDN]: Several parts of the new road, which took contractors nearly 2 years to compete, have collapsed or are showing worrying signs of wear. Thappraya Road is a main artery of Pattaya, responsible for connecting South Pattaya to Jomtien with adjoining roads to the heavily populated Pratamnak Hill area.

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2010-04-23

[soihok]

Nice to see that the city has its own job creation scheme in full swing.

[fredob43]

Some peep's have said to me why have a 4x4 now you know. As my Thai wife would say in a word. CORRUPTION.

[TheWalkingMan]

Ahhhh... Wasn't that a 3 year project to go 2kms or so? My guess is that it was done crappily in order to secure contract after contract after contract. Somebody is making a lot of money from these contracts.

Edit: Fixed grammar.

Edited April 23, 2010 by TheWalkingMan

[gotlost]

Low bidder, graft and no education.

[Methuselah]

Most residents of Jomtien could not have failed to be impressed by the substantial time and effort devoted to the reconstruction of Thappraya rd.

Had a snap poll been taken mid-construction few people would have expected a masterpiece of civil engineering.So one must give credit where credit is due,the road did last two weeks of fairly intense traffic,and there seem only to be a few areas of collapse.

The obvious solution is to dig it all up,and start all over again.

John Mcadam{1756-1836},where are you?

[Rimmer]

Most residents of Jomtien could not have failed to be impressed by the substantial time and effort devoted to the reconstruction of Thappraya rd.

Had a snap poll been taken mid-construction few people would have expected a masterpiece of civil engineering.So one must give credit where credit is due,the road did last two weeks of fairly intense traffic,and there seem only to be a few areas of collapse.

The obvious solution is to dig it all up,and start all over again.

John Mcadam{1756-1836},where are you?

No need for John Mcadam I already see a fully qualified engineer taking an interest in this thread, maybe this will be his next project.

[Basil B]

Looks like the work of the same contractors responsible the runway at Swampy

[Jonathanpattaya]

What an absolute shocking disgrace this is!

It has been years since this project began.

[doctormann]

What we need is a Roman invasion - those guys certainly knew how to build roads to last. OK, they only had chariots and ox-carts but even so ...

DM