Lebanon Roads Part I at The Ouwet Front: A Lebanese Forces Blog

Lebanon Roads Part I

Posted by N10452

I’ve been wanting to post about the latest road works being done, just to show you how short sighted and idiotic are those contractors being hired.

It is quite impressive, how one can manage to plan and execute such a lousy job not just in one region, but all over Lebanon.

The first example is this hole that came up right after the few rainy days we had, noting that this road was digged and repaved only few weeks ago.

Who is hiring those people ?? Where did they graduate from ?? Homs university ? walla mich ma2boul !

And the worst is yet to come.

Filed under: Lebanon
Posted by N10452 on 10.31.08 @ 12:06 am |

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11 Comments. Add your own...

1. Mickel | October 31st, 2008 at 1:21 am

When the government is weak and has no authority it can’t enforce regulations and rules and everyone works 3azaw2o.

By the way whatever happened to that Joura challenge that you had?
2. Anonymous | October 31st, 2008 at 1:34 am

N… the contractor is not an idiot at all my friend. The story is very simple and goes like this: he gets hired to do a job costing $1M for example, he presents an estimate to the government for $4M, he gets the job done for $500K, he gives the minister or moudir 3am or whatever $500K and he keeps $3M for his pocket. ‘This is how it’s always been and this is why we’ll never have decent roads and this is why this country will always be a farm ran by a bunch of thugs.
SO… the contractor is not an idiot, he’s a THIEF AND A CROOK
Take care
3. N10452 | October 31st, 2008 at 7:53 am

Anonymous,
Is it possible that ALL contractors are thieves and crooks ??

Chou ba3edne 3am na3mil bi hal balad laken ????
4. N10452 | October 31st, 2008 at 7:54 am

Ba3den remember this is the municipality’s work here not the government ..
5. Waha Wera | October 31st, 2008 at 8:51 am

stop paying people to do the roads. bring in chain gangs of prisoners to build the roads. Chain an iron ball to them so they cant run and make them work off their debt to lebanon.

that will save millions
6. N10452 | October 31st, 2008 at 9:30 am

why not chain gangs of syrians instead

They r working anyway and there’s plenty of them
7. Road Contracto | October 31st, 2008 at 10:05 am

It’s Hizbullah’s fault - they weaken the state so we cannot do much about it.
8. Rodge | October 31st, 2008 at 10:33 am

I agree with Anonymous,
They are not idiot, they are a bunch of thiefs and crooks.
But I will add that it is the result of the absence of good planning.

In a related matter, Lebanon is the only country where you still find Cement Blocks separating the roads, despite all the accidents they caused.
9. danny | October 31st, 2008 at 1:50 pm

Guys,

Now this is real…I have a video of these “road pavers” whereas they asphalted the road (in front of Movenpick) by covering everything…INCLUDING the manholes and the sewage drainage!! and yes this was seven years ago…done by the homsis no less!! What a bunch of morons! I was told the next crew was most likely going to come in looking for the sewage drainage to “clear” it….

Now if it rains a little everything, including the roads are flooded. If you ever wondered why? Now you know!
10. Fou2ad | October 31st, 2008 at 8:35 pm

This is all thanks to majlis el 2inme2 wal 3amar (courtesy of PM senoira) that gives the job to cheap companies so they can recieve commission. As long as you keep electing these thieves you deserve to crash your car into in every one of these holes.
11. Anonymous | October 31st, 2008 at 11:27 pm

Very well said Fou2ad… I couldn’t have said it better myself