HaHa, good response by SBMA but I would have expected because they probably "believes" that they adhere to international standards of road engineering including signage, so you got them on the "mini" stop signs, how about Argonaut highway going toward the airport, right lane where there are manholes sticking up in the middle of the lane??? Is that international standard????
[The Subic Bulletin] Even more concerning about Argonaut Highway heading towards the airport is the last corner you go around on before the airport, this seems to be the brand new section of road under SBMA's "international road engineering standards" has the highest accident rate in the Freeport!
As you go around the corner it all of a sudden shrinks to half the width, 100 meters later the road turns off in two lanes to go to the dock facility so SBMA is expecting two trucks wide of traffic going around the next corner but how will they get around the corner that's so skinny?
Even the work team marking the lines on the road just stopped marking them around the corner. How can an unmarked corner like this be in a Freeport that is so proud of its "international road engineering standards"? There has been several accidents near this corner, mostly in the rain which makes us think that the lack of drainage that forces the water to run across the road also contributes. So how does the international road safety team of SBMA handle the hazard? By placing an out of place 30k sign almost right on the corner...
Of course we all know that "international" standards would have signs placed before the corner that say "ROAD NARROWS" and "SLIPPERY WHEN WET".
While on the subject, what flash of brilliance made SBMA hijack Argonaut Highway and turn two lanes around a sharp corner when most of the traffic goes straight ahead anyway? The hazard they created in vehicles changing lane at the last minute because the road doesn't go straight ahead anymore is bad planning, bad design and bad management. Or did they just want us to try and forget about the airport?
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