More than a million concrete electricity columns could be used to cushion waves and prevent coastal erosionTo prevent coastal erosion, Bang Khunthian district has come up with a novel idea to use electricity poles to protect the coast. The Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) has already taken the uprooted poles to a coastal area in Bang Khunthian district to form a number of structures designed to curb the erosion. Coastal erosion in Bang Khunthain is a headache the city has struggled to cope with and has worsened to an alarming extent in recent decades. The MEA agreed and sent the first batch of 800 poles, removed from roads such as Sukhumvit, to Bang Khunthian district. The concrete poles donated by the MEA are being used to form T-Groyne sections.

Source: Bangkok Post December 16, 2017 00:11 UTC