Parking problems

For quite some time the footpath along Phetchaburi Road has been torn up, supposedly to be re-done. Beside the fact that there has been nearly no progress visible since damaging the pathway several months ago, it seems all the parking bays along this stretch of Phetchaburi Road are being destroyed.

Why is this? These parking bays are important, for taxis, delivery cars, sometimes to park cars with a technical problem or BMA repair vehicles like the MEA. If these bays are taken away it will only increase traffic jams, as a whole lane is then being needlessly obstructed. So why? Is somebody making some underhand profit from doing less than necessary work? Is somebody sleeping instead of controlling the construction sites? I doubt traffic obstruction was the original purpose. And I’m sure, people living or driving along this stretch want to keep these parking bays.

STEFEN M