Road collapse at Krabi Airport domestic terminal

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Road collapse at Krabi Airport domestic terminal
Phuket Gazette

Domestic passengers at Krabi Airport must access Terminal 2 via the international terminal while the ramp road remains closed, awaiting repairs. Photo: Kritsada Mueanhawong

KRABI:-- Authorities have closed the ramp road to the domestic terminal at Krabi International Airport after heavy rain over the past week washed away the earth underneath a retaining wall, causing the road to subside.

The damage was reported by a tourist at 9:30am on Saturday, Krabi Airport Director Sunyaluk Kraiboot told the Phuket Gazette.

“The retaining wall collapsed, causing about 10 meters of the road outside the terminal to sink,” he explained.

“We have closed the road and roped off the area to prevent vehicles and passengers from attempting to use it,” Director Sunyaluk said.

In the meantime, domestic passengers can be dropped off at Terminal 1, for international arrivals and departures, and walk to Terminal 2 using the elevated walkway.

“We have also opened a service road to allow vehicles to drop off passengers at Terminal 2, but not at the main entrance,” Director Sunyaluk said.

The damage has been reported to the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA), which recently spent 743 million baht on upgrading the entire airport, to request funds for repairs to the road and the retaining wall.

“We have also requested an expert at the DCA to inspect the site to ensure that the terminal has not sustained any structural damage,” Director Sunyaluk said.

Eakkawit Pinyothammanothai, president of the Krabi Hotels Association, called for temporary repairs to be made in order to re-open the terminal as soon as possible.

“While waiting for the budget, the airport authority should fix the wall themselves, even with just temporary repairs. They should fix this as fast as possible to restore people’s confidence in the facility,” Mr Eakkawit said.

Source: http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket_news/2013/Road-collapse-at-Krabi-Airport-domestic-terminal-21861.html


-- Phuket Gazette 2013-08-05

[laurentbkk]

Is it the rain or just the bad quality of raw material, construction and poor maintenance ?

[Pomthai]

Yes lets get DCA to fix it. What the department of civil aviation doesn't know about construction and road building isn't worth knowing.

743 million spent and there wasn't enough to make a proper road lol.

Edited August 5, 2013 by Pomthai

[Pomthai]

Bad rain. How dare it wash our peefectly made road away.

Face=saved....phew'

[Patje]

I bet it was the "acid rains" that once where in fashion in Europe.......It took them some time to get here !!!

[LivinginKata]

Is it the rain or just the bad quality of raw material, construction and poor maintenance ?

What do you think. Money spun off to line pockets, end up with poor quality construction, just washed away in the rain. Is anyone suprised. More money allocated for the repairs, more money spun off, repeat, repeat. A never ending money source.

[JetsetBkk]

I bet the concrete and re-bar for the foundations made a nice extension for somebody's house...

[Payboy]

The damage has been reported to the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA), which recently spent 743 million baht on upgrading the entire airport, to request funds for repairs to the road and the retaining wall.

“We have also requested an expert at the DCA to inspect the site to ensure that the terminal has not sustained any structural damage,” Director Sunyaluk said.

Breaking news - Expert finds airport upgrade useless without access road.

[Cuban]

Foundations are useless when the surrounding soil is washed away !

In rains in Thailand - who knew?

Lessons will not be learned.

[Carrerakiss]

Didn't I just read that TAT are to focus on promoting Krabi as a tourist destination, amongst others, rather than Phuket?

Nice start, the road to the airport is falling apart already

[Pesche]

Simple and pure incompetence.

TIT !

[taninthai]

wow that is actually the lower road there is another road about 10 meters above that if the road above it moves i would presume half the terminal moves with it.

[Marvo]

This news statement has put me into a state of panic.

[vijer]

Is it the rain or just the bad quality of raw material, construction and poor maintenance ?

Just drove past some of the new piers they installed for the BTS extension. Don't know if you can tell but the rebar that is protruding from the top of the pier is about 1cm!!! So they are going to connect a multi ton platform to this pier and secure it with these tiny rebar?!?!

[vijer]

Foundations are useless when the surrounding soil is washed away !

In rains in Thailand - who knew?

Lessons will not be learned.

Not only will lessons not be learned they will not even try to think of another way of doing anything. TiT is still putting in those nice little S turn on and off ramps that have a dip in them to collect rain water.

[ab1594]

This road has been collapsing for months but they wait till a tourist tells them 10 days ago before they realise?????