A SINKHOLE opened up on a road next to a bridge over a canal in Chonburi after two appeared in Bangkok over the last few days with repairs underway, TV Channel 7 said this afternoon (Oct. 2).
At 1 p.m. reporters from this TV station inspected this sinkhole, approximately 10 metres long, six metres wide and three metres deep, with a dormitory wall also having collapsed.
Ms. Namfon, 30, a vendor, said this road started collapsing yesterday and when it finally caved in she saw that some electricity poles too had leaned forward while the dormitory wall likewise subsided.
She added that she is still terrified even as officials from various agencies have come to inspect the damage and work on repairs.
The contractor said that the main cause for the subsidence was water erosion under this bridge over many years leaving no soil to support the approximately three-metre-high road wall. His crew are currently smoothing out concrete edges after which will fill sand with repairs expected to take 30 days.
This road is now closed with barriers placed to stop the traffic and residents told to avoid it for now.
While the dormitory wall has also collapsed this is not that dangerous because the subsidence has not reached the dorm building.
A second sinkhole opened up on a road in front of Metropolitan Electricity Authority’s Yannawa district office yesterday after a massive cave-in on Samsen road on Sep. 24
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The sinkhole in Chonburi. Photo – TV Channel 7
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