ned small Posted August 4, 2016 Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 There is a video on the Chapala Government's page on facebook. This street,MR CROWE, is in historical Lourdes barrio,Chapala. All the houses were painted including Mr P's,new sewer,water lines light standards ,sidewalks,paved road surface and a mural of the Lourdes chapel at the top. It was all done without one person complaining about the previous condition except the former sewer situation, from time to time when there was a heavy rain.Mr. P is the only foreigner on the street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecoons Posted August 4, 2016 Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 Other than telling us about yet another use of everyone's tax dollars in just one of the towns of the municipio, what is your point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted August 4, 2016 Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 Are we talking about the street that has stairs? Then untrue. I know a married American couple on that very street. I worked on their computers while the upgrades were in progress, short months ago. A very cool-looking street now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Habacht Posted August 4, 2016 Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 Why is it wrong to post a positive development instead of what is wrong with nearly everything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecoons Posted August 4, 2016 Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 If you lived in this municipio you would know what the problem is. But you don't. I'm trying to figure out what the point of the sideways comment about "complaints" is. Is the OP suggesting that expecting and asking for the services the municipio is paid for from a pretty rich tax base that has seen taxes and "fees" (cover word for more taxes) is complaining and the municipio retaliates by withholding said services? And why does it matter who lives on the road? Are services passed out by this municipio on the basis of the nationality of the residents? If that is the point, I guess the OP and his neighbors must be doing a lot of complaining because, boy, is that road in front of their homes full of baches these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ned small Posted August 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 12 minutes ago, Mainecoons said: If that is the point, I guess the OP and his neighbors must be doing a lot of complaining because, boy, is that road in front of their homes full of baches these days. There are no baches in the nice new concrete and flat stone road. That would be impossible and you have told us that you're an engineer so you will be pleased to know that the road bed was prepared properly, for the 8 inch surface of concrete and "flat" field stones carefully placed aesthetically, with sand and gravel. Apparently you are also not comprehending my OP where I said there weren't complaints except for a sewer problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ned small Posted August 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 41 minutes ago, Mainecoons said: Other than telling us about yet another use of everyone's tax dollars in just one of the towns of the municipio, what is your point? It was just one street. No specific point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHILLIN Posted August 4, 2016 Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 Quote If that is the point, I guess the OP and his neighbors must be doing a lot of complaining because, boy, is that road in front of their homes full of baches these days. That road is a busy highway, squeezed into a box, then smack dab beside Mr. P's house, the biggest dammed tope from Chapala to SJC. Fine if like you like constant jake braked trucks, vehicles with no mufflers, and waves of exhaust fumes - wait - that suits Mr. P to a T. Is Mr P trolling for a sale? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedros Posted August 4, 2016 Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 It is a street going north off Hidalgo a few blocks west of Delicias restaurant. Recently there was an article about it in the Guadalajara Reporter. They said it was the only street in the area named after a foreigner. He was a eccentric Englishman by the name of Septimius Crowe. He came to the area in 1895. I watched them reconstructing that street and I was amazed that they would spend so much time and money on a small street that goes nowhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ned small Posted August 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 https://www.facebook.com/Gobierno-Municipal-de--Chapala-2015-2018-1654642074775419/?pnrf=story Scroll down on this page to see the video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xena Posted August 4, 2016 Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 Please, someone watch the video and tell Ned Small Pedro how nice his house looks and how wonderful the road work is. THAT is the point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHILLIN Posted August 4, 2016 Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 I don't see Mr. P's scandalous mug in any of the videos - he probably misunderstood the invitation, and stayed home to enjoy that last bottle of Old Crow Bourbon he has been hiding. Did Mr. P's friend get any of that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtech1950 Posted August 4, 2016 Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 noooo, ned small is pedro? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intercasa Posted August 4, 2016 Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 Yeah, dont fix Hidalgo street which is a main street and keep fixing small dead end streets where the benefit or detriment to the population is little to none. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Berca Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 And the cost is minimal, but the publicity is excellent and free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yo1 Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 The cost wasn't little. I wish I could remember the millions that were spent on that dead end street but it was obscene. Hildago, the main road into Chapala from the west is horrible. Down by Spencer's office the asphalt doesn't reach the sidewalk. Big holes full of water or mud, etc. Not counting all the holes and crappy patch jobs all the way from the Chapala light to the west of Ajijic. It's disgraceful for a town carretera to be in such horrible condition when they are trying to attract tourists. And now they are trying to get Ajijic declared a Pueblo Magico! A lot of street work and garbage pick-up work will have to be done to even have a chance to qualify. When pigs fly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bennie2 Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 most of the socalled "tourists" i see on weekends would not know the difference. MC is correct, ajijic is neglected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hud Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 The local government has learned over the years that they don't need to spend much money in areas where extranjeros live. The extranjeros will, when they get tired of things needing repair, collect money and get them repaired or fixed, thus saving the local government money they can put into their pockets. I also find it very easy for the local government to do some local improvements and "spend" lots of money. (Anyone remember the hundreds of thousands of dollars the "Pepe" statue in Chapala cost. Easy to "spend" the entire budget on just a few "simple" things. Mexico changes, but never changes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHILLIN Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 They are sure spending a lot of money to clean up the Libramento. New signs, professional weed whackers, newly painted lines, legions of garbage picker uppers. Best of all (not) a new stop sign where the exit of the Carretara and Libramento meet - good honey spot for transitos, they can park just wait you can't quite see them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayBearII Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 I seem to remember that the carretera is a state highway, and thus the municipal authorities cannot make repairs--the state must do this. I do see people fill potholes with gravel, and the school in west Ajijic painted lines on the road to slow traffic. I also seem to remember that the carretera is scheduled for resurfacing within the next 2 years. Is this not so? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yo1 Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 Yes, the carretera is a state hwy but the municipio can put pressure on the state to repair it. It's an embarrassment to the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfa Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 just for interest yesterday around 1330 there was a serious accident at the overpass where the Carretera crosses the libramiento. Ambulance and several police cars on site. it looked like someone ran into the overpass supports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ned small Posted August 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 P with a couple of his friends on MR CROWE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHILLIN Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 8 minutes ago, Alfa said: just for interest yesterday around 1330 there was a serious accident at the overpass where the Carretera crosses the libramiento. Ambulance and several police cars on site. it looked like someone ran into the overpass supports. Probably caused by someone rubber necking the amazing new stop sign, not paying attention to the road. Any bets on how long the sign will last - I say two weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RVGRINGO Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 In the fall of 2004, a Canadian died at that spot. His dog survived the crash and spent many weeks in the bush above Ajijic, before “adopting us“. That overpass support is on a curve, and is frequently hit by vehicles with inattentive or speeding drivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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