The contractor who
installed 40 light poles along Jomtien Second Road has been ordered back
to repair their sloppy work.
Surasak Huasoon
When drainage pipes made installation of utility poles in
Jomtien Beach complicated, Provincial Electrical Authority workers
decided to take the easy way around the problem by just putting the
poles in the middle of the sidewalk.
Top PEA officials said they were never consulted by an outside
contractor sent to Jomtien Second Road to install 40 poles along the
7.5-kilometer roadway. Drainage pipes on both sides of the street
blocked workers from installing the poles in the normal location. So
they simply dug up the sidewalk and planted them were they’d be
obstacles to pedestrians and bicyclists.
PEA officials said they’ve ordered the contractor to return to scene of
its sloppy work and pull out the poles and place them in the correct
location.
