Valentine Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 (edited) Happened on the bypass a couple of days ago & yesterday one lane was still partially blocked off. Looks like plenty more loose stuff ready to come down with some large cracks behind the big boulders which already came down. When I first saw it there were flashing lights on the top of the rise making it obvious there was something wrong & the traffic was lined up in orderly single file & able to keep moving albeit slower than normal. However, soon they started coming up on the inside lane & then the shoulder led by mini buses at which time traffic virtually came to a stop as the queue jumpers pushed in up by the rock slide. Edited August 29, 2014 by Valentine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornishcarlos Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 I came across that just after it happened... No police or any emergency crew had arrived, just 2 construction workers trying to clear the small stuff from the outside lane. Fair play, they were wearing hard hats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schlog Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Safety first...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmitch Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 It's never looked particularly safe from the day they expanded that road. Surely there must be a way to prevent this type of incident as it is effectively man-made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valentine Posted August 29, 2014 Author Share Posted August 29, 2014 It's never looked particularly safe from the day they expanded that road. Surely there must be a way to prevent this type of incident as it is effectively man-made. They have some green mesh & bamboo poles to stop the slides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KarenBravo Posted August 29, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted August 29, 2014 It's never looked particularly safe from the day they expanded that road. Surely there must be a way to prevent this type of incident as it is effectively man-made. They have some green mesh & bamboo poles to stop the slides. Oh.....well, that's alright then. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valentine Posted August 29, 2014 Author Share Posted August 29, 2014 Talking about potential rock slides has anyone noticed the Patong City sign has for quite a while become the leaning Patong City sign & there is a bunch of hillside there which could come down. Perhaps the builder left his plumb bob at home that day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiantFan Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Anybody that's been around a while will recall the Bypass project was delayed and then re-jigged To "just get it done". Was bound to happen eventually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivinginKata Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Talking about potential rock slides has anyone noticed the Patong City sign has for quite a while become the leaning Patong City sign & there is a bunch of hillside there which could come down. Perhaps the builder left his plumb bob at home that day. Most likely due to inadequate foundations - remind again how many millions of baht it cost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valentine Posted August 30, 2014 Author Share Posted August 30, 2014 Talking about potential rock slides has anyone noticed the Patong City sign has for quite a while become the leaning Patong City sign & there is a bunch of hillside there which could come down. Perhaps the builder left his plumb bob at home that day. Most likely due to inadequate foundations - remind again how many millions of baht it cost Constructed under the previous Patong administration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelepulse Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Talking about potential rock slides has anyone noticed the Patong City sign has for quite a while become the leaning Patong City sign & there is a bunch of hillside there which could come down. Perhaps the builder left his plumb bob at home that day. Most likely due to inadequate foundations - remind again how many millions of baht it cost Constructed under the previous Patong administration. Wasn't it 12 million? Which means 500,000 to the sign, 11 million to the admin, and 500,000 to the cronies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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