Thanks for the road widening - but can you move the power poles, please

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Thanks for the road widening - but can you move the power poles, please

 

Picture: Thairath

 

KHON KAEN: -- Authorities in Khon Kaen kindly widened the road for villagers - then left five power poles in the middle of the road.

 

Now a month after the concrete was poured for the road in Muang Kao sub-district there are still two power poles left to catch the unwary reported Thairath.

 

The pictures originally appeared on Facebook when the poster asked incredulously: "How can this happen? Who is responsible?"

 

Much online comment followed as to the danger for all concerned.

 

Thai Rath online went to the scene and found that those responsible are the Muang Kao municipal authority.

 

They were told that three of the poles had now been taken down but two more loaded down with wires and internet cables remain.

 

Just a few red and white lines painted on them are the only safety features.

 

Wirasak Phonthongsakit who lives just there said they were delighted when the road was widened but it has been left unfinished for a month. Now they are furious.

 

Somrak Chamnanpong, 51, a house owner in the area said that school buses and students on motorcycles as well as everyone else use the road every day.

 

He said that despite street lighting it was especially dangerous at night.

 

Villagers are demanding that the authority complete the job and remove the remaining poles before someone is injured or even killed in an accident.

 

Source: Thairath

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2017-03-01

[jak2002003]

That seems the normal thing to do... in my area in Chiang Mai there are several roads like that... and also roads with trees growing in them. 

[ratcatcher]

1 minute ago, jak2002003 said:

That seems the normal thing to do... in my area in Chiang Mai there are several roads like that... and also roads with trees growing in them. 

[johng]

Jomtien had a couple for a few weeks too      removed now

 

[impulse]

Not hard to believe that the people in charge of the power poles work on a different schedule than the guys widening the road.  You don't just remove a pole without significant design and construction work on both ends to take its place.  And some of the bits and pieces can be months on the procurement and delivery.

 

If anything, they should have just delayed opening the new section of road until the poles were handled.  But that would have raised its own ire on the part of the public.

[chuang]

You asked to widen the roads, we widen them...BUT you didn't ask to remove the power poles....

[Cuchulainn]

Typical Thai (mis)management.

[fruitman]

Make it a special lane for motocycles only...i like it!

[scorecard]

3 hours ago, impulse said:

Not hard to believe that the people in charge of the power poles work on a different schedule than the guys widening the road.  You don't just remove a pole without significant design and construction work on both ends to take its place.  And some of the bits and pieces can be months on the procurement and delivery.

 

If anything, they should have just delayed opening the new section of road until the poles were handled.  But that would have raised its own ire on the part of the public.

 

Or have a liaison team / person dedicated to coordinating across agencies.

[elgordo38]

29 minutes ago, scorecard said:

 

Or have a liaison team / person dedicated to coordinating across agencies.

Stop you lost them at the liaison team part. 

[Brer Fox]

The reason for this is obvious. The money allowed for in the contract for the removal of the power poles has been redirected.

[Destiny1990]

This is asking for accidents..

[Jimbo2014]

They just fixed a pipe in a street near us and left 3 inch high manholes (no slope) on one side of the street.  The dont give a toss attitude of public service here boggles the mind.  Try walking down any street in Bkk dodging the poles, dangling live electric wires.  Place is a landmine

[williamgeorgeallen]

they put a blue crash/trash barrier in place. all looks good to me.

[The Old Bull]

When I was a highways engineer that was part of the job. Pole moves , pipeline crossings , railroad crossings etc. Getting agreements and coordinating the whole thing.

[dcnx]

1 hour ago, scorecard said:

 

Or have a liaison team / person dedicated to coordinating across agencies.

Governed by a super committee.

[yardrunner]

5 hours ago, impulse said:

Not hard to believe that the people in charge of the power poles work on a different schedule than the guys widening the road.  You don't just remove a pole without significant design and construction work on both ends to take its place.  And some of the bits and pieces can be months on the procurement and delivery.

 

If anything, they should have just delayed opening the new section of road until the poles were handled.  But that would have raised its own ire on the part of the public.

or move the poles before starting the roadworks

[Get Real]

Nah! Nothing bad or wrong with this. As I always say. If the bus doesn´t hit you, it´s all just fine to smasch into an electric pole.

[Artisi]

1 hour ago, scorecard said:

 

Or have a liaison team / person dedicated to coordinating across agencies.

You've been here long enough to know that could never be a consideration, not now not ever. 

[Artisi]

6 minutes ago, yardrunner said:

or move the poles before starting the roadworks

Come on now, don't be silly. 

[Artisi]

32 minutes ago, The Old Bull said:

When I was a highways engineer that was part of the job. Pole moves , pipeline crossings , railroad crossings etc. Getting agreements and coordinating the whole thing.

But not in Thailand - far too advanced for somchai and his fellow mates. 

[PoorSucker]

4 hours ago, fruitman said:

Make it a special lane for motocycles only...i like it!

 

You mean a new parking lane??

[fruitman]

1 hour ago, PoorSucker said:

 

You mean a new parking lane??

No that's too hard for the Thai, they can't park in reverse or they need an assistant with a whistle. They will drive into the poles.

 

But a special lane for motobikes would be great, many cardrivers will also start driving motocy if thailand had them.

 

 

[r136dg]

Some scotters, cars and pickups will get banged up there but eventually a big enough comercial vehicle will nail it and problem solved. 

[jippytum]

They are waiting until the pedestrian footpath is completed so they can resite the poles in the middle of the walkway as usual

[jerojero]

Not hard to believe that the people in charge of the power poles work on a different schedule than the guys widening the road.  You don't just remove a pole without significant design and construction work on both ends to take its place.  And some of the bits and pieces can be months on the procurement and delivery.
 
If anything, they should have just delayed opening the new section of road until the poles were handled.  But that would have raised its own ire on the part of the public.

Ummm... Move the poles first?

[CantSpell]

4 hours ago, scorecard said:

 

Or have a liaison team / person dedicated to coordinating across agencies.

 

Didn't they inform you?

That is a swear word here...

Worst than buffalos, you could be beheaded mentioning coordination 

[SkyRider]

I thought the same thing :)

 

[impulse]

44 minutes ago, jerojero said:

Ummm... Move the poles first?

 

In a perfect world, that would be great.  In the real world, road crews may be scheduled out for a year or two, and utility crews may be, too.  Then there's materials to order, receive, store and care for.  You do what you can when you can get it done.  

 

We're ordering equipment right now that we'll be needing for projects in 2018.  If it all arrives exactly on time, we'll move our metaphorical poles before we dig up our metaphorical road.  If not, we'll be tearing up the road and getting that work done when the crew's available and moving the poles whenever we get the confluence of the arrival of the materials and the availability of the crew.  If we wait for the poles to arrive, we could miss our window and the road crew may be scheduled elsewhere for a year.  By which time all our asphalt will be beyond it's use-by date...

 

Edit:  And yes, I am being facetious with my example.  So don't anyone bother telling me asphalt has a longer shelf life, or any other picky details.

Edited March 1, 2017 by impulse

[slapout]

I was informed by a self proclaimed expert, it is done this way to discourge any other country from having any desire to try and take control of this, the LOS. They brag that they have never been colonized as has most of the rest of the world. Once you have lived here a few years, see the country, people, good and bad,  warts and all who would take it if it was given as a gift?