Does this come as a surprise? Newly Resurfaced Thappraya Road already collapsing

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Pattaya’s Recently Re-laid Thappraya Road Collapses

 

The recently re-laid surface of Thappraya Road in Pattaya has collapsed in several places after the period of inclement weather and heavy traffic that was experienced over the Songkran festival period.

 

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.

 

Thappraya Road started to show signs of undue wear within a fortnight of the official opening at the end of March. A large depression in the roads surface has formed at the junction with Pratamnak Road whilst more recently, during an entire day of inclement weather, a section of the road in the Jomtien bound lane has entirely caved-in allegedly due to the insufficient drainage installed.

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Recently Re-laid Thappraya Road Collapses

[Guest fountainhall]

Of course this is a natural phenomenon. The dead hand of corruption is definitely not to blame

[Gaybutton]

The dead hand of corruption is definitely not to blame

Of course not. All this time, inconvenience, disruption of local businesses, difficulty of navigating the road, and everybody finally breathing a sigh of relief when the new road opens - plenty of lanes, a smooth ride, and everybody's happy.

 

So what does the reality turn out to be? After waiting all this time, years, when it's all finished it turns out that was actually put in was an incompetent piece of shit that's already falling apart less than three weeks after completion. Way to go!

 

Why am I not surprised?

[Guest Patexpat]

actually I AM surprised - I was giving it 6 to 8 weeks ......

[Gaybutton]

actually I AM surprised - I was giving it 6 to 8 weeks ......

You are much more of an optimist than I . . .

 

Maybe we should start taking bets on how long it will take to start the repairs, to complete the repairs, and how long the repairs will last.

[Guest RichLB]

I drove into Pattaya and back at around 4:30 this afternoon and was surprised to see the road had been repaired - or at least I didn't see any evidence of the caved in part. I assume they used sawdust, super glue, and painted it black.

[Guest lvdkeyes]

I think duct tape was involved.