MEA delivers repurposed electricity poles to protect mangroves at Phra Chulachomklao Fort
published :
18 Feb 2021 at 16:33
Chumpot Himacharoen, Corporate Communications Director, Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA), has revealed that the organisation will proceed with the installation of old electricity poles, at the Phra Chulachomklao Fort, Naval Base Bangkok in Samut Prakan, on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River, on the Gulf of Thailand, as part of a partnership with the Royal Thai Marine Corp Bangkok, to protect the local habitat.
Discussing the announcement, Himacharoen said: “MEA has a continuous collaboration with the Royal Thai Marine Corps Bangkok to work on MEA’s Model Project, to improve and develop the mangrove forest eco system and coastal erosion protection at the Phra Chulachomklao Fort, Naval Base Bangkok in Samut Prakan. A row, more than 1,700m long, has been installed using damaged and discarded poles – collected as part of MEA’s Conversion of Overhead Line into Underground Cable Project – as well as used tires, to construct a coastal erosion barrier and sediment trap. A second phase, saw a further 500 metres of protections added to the north and south ends of the barrier, to complete the project. Work on the north end of the site has finished while the south end is slated to be done by the end of February 2021.”