It seems authorities at a Brazilian inland port on the Rio Negro, a tributary of the Amazon River, decided to construct a ramp from the harbor area to the banks of the river. Unfortunately, they didn't investigate the stability of the soil in sufficient depth before starting work. This was the result.
That's quite a landslide! I wonder whose career has just taken a nose-dive because of it?
Peter
More a question of HOW MANY careers... the planner, the geologist, the architect, the builder... And last but not least, the insurance agent!
ReplyDeleteThe old jetty seems unaffected.
ReplyDeleteIt weren't broke, but they decided to fix it anyway.
Gee whiz! What a mess!
ReplyDeleteJim
I'll take a stab at it.
ReplyDeleteA study was ordered, but the inspector was bribed to give his approval.
Builders used cut-rate materials and pocketed the difference.
The ramp was loaded beyond what the original specs called for (let alone the substandard one), but officials were "looking the other way".
Government can do some stupid things, but corrupt beats stupid any day.
Antibubba