China Accidentally Builds a Block of Flats in the Middle of A Highway...
Chinese officials were forced to cut a motorway in half to go around a block of flats after a building was accidentally erected in its path before the road was built.
By Sadho Ram — 10 Oct 2013, 04:03 PM — Updated almost 11 years ago
Thanks to some poor planning, China accidentally built a brand new set of modern apartments right in the middle of an 8-lane highway
Blundering Chinese officials were forced to cut a motorway in half to go around a block of flats after they accidentally erected the building in its proposed path then realised it would cost too much to relocate the tenants
dailymail.co.ukConstruction workers had to squeeze the eight-lane highway into four and subsequently left furious residents stuck in the middle of a busy road.
dailymail.co.ukThe whole thing started when a block of residents in western China were uprooted to make room for a soon-to-be-constructed public park
In exchange for the inconvenience, tenants were promised a brand new, block of modern apartments—it's just too bad city planners forgot about that little eight-lane superhighway they were going to build in the exact same place.
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The council found it would be much cheaper just to reduce the number of lanes on the road than try to compensate the residents in the flats for having to move them
Image via dailymail.co.ukThe previously-relocated residents got a few months of peace and quiet in their new homes before the council came a-knockin' and politely asked if they would move out of their brand new homes, please.
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The council then started negotiations with the tenants, but with their new, modern flats they wanted even more compensation, and after several months of failed negotiations, the council simply gave up and built around the problem.
dailymail.co.ukResidents in the block say they are less than impressed with having to live in the middle of a road
As one resident, Shing Su said: "We don't exactly like being stuck out in the middle of a 60metre-wide highway, but you get used to it. If they make a decent offer most would move, but it's hard as it seems we had only settled here when we were asked to move."
dailymail.co.ukAnd the best/saddest part of the story? The road has been branded a waste of money because it has not relieved congestion in the city
The highway hasn't done anything to help the horrible rush-hour congestion—the whole reason it was built in the first place. It was all done for nothing.
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