MONUMENTS TO DESIROUSNESS | Roads without Christmas spirit

I had already talked about roads, a specific area of urban design, where functionality and beauty must be taken into account, because the construction and ornamentation are very important in the urbanism of a city and in a country as rich and important as Venezuela. In my last publication on land roads, I told you about some damages suffered by the roads due to the rains, but this time I show you with astonishment some monuments to the neglect that I observed in my hometown Maracay, in Venezuela.

Christmas time arrives and everything should look festive and radiant, even the roads are dressed in bright lights that brighten the view and infect everyone with Christmas cheer. But what to do with the reality of a very poor road system, where the neglect by the authorities has been blatantly evident for decades. So much so that citizens with magnificent ingenuity decide to install objects, which can serve as warning signs that prevent imminent danger on any road in Venezuela.

The supposed road and handmade arrangements of the neighbors range from barricades with old tires, sticks, pipes, beams, blocks, etc. Anything is valid, as long as it avoids an accident that could be fatal in the worst case. Everything is valid, as long as it avoids an accident that could be fatal in the worst case. But it is only a matter of looking at this street of a legendary neighborhood that at first glance looks normal, without noticing that it suffers from sinkholes and large holes. Without noticing it, my attention was caught by some lumps in the distance, in the middle of the road.


Ya antes les había hablado de la vialidad, área específica del diseño urbano, donde se debe tomar en cuenta funcionalidad y belleza, porque la construcción y ornato son muy trascendentales dentro del urbanismo de una ciudad y en todo un país tan rico e importante como Venezuela. En mi última publicación sobre las vías terrestres, les hablé de algunos daños que sufren las vías por causa de las lluvias, pero en esta ocasión les muestro con asombro algunos monumentos a la desidia que observé en mi ciudad natal Maracay, en Venezuela.

Llega la época de navidad y todo debe lucir festivo y radiante, aún la vialidad se viste de luces brillantes que alegran la vista y contagian a todos de ánimo navideño. Pero y cómo hacer con la realidad de un sistema vial paupérrimo, donde el abandono por parte de las autoridades es descaradamente evidente por décadas. Tal es así que los ciudadanos con magnificó ingenio deciden instalar objetos, que puedan servir de señal de alerta que prevengan el peligro inminente en cualquier vía de Venezuela.

Los supuestos arreglos viales y artesanales de los vecinos van desde barricadas con cauchos viejos, palos, tubos, vigas, bloques. Todo es válido, con tal de evitar un accidente que pueda ser fatal en el peor caso. Pero solo es cuestión de mirar esta calle de un legendario barrio que a simple viste se puede ver normal, sin notarse que sufre de hundimientos y grandes huecos. Sin notarlo, llamó mi atención unos bultos a lo lejos, en medio de la vía.

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As I get closer, what I saw in the distance and had aroused my curiosity, takes shape.


Mientras me voy acercando, van adquiriendo forma lo que veía a lo lejos y había despertado mi curiosidad.

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These were real monuments of neglect in the middle of the road and the first one in my way was a small tower composed of two old tires.


Estos eran verdaderos monumentos de la desidia en medio la vía y el primero en mi camino ha sido una pequeña torre compuesta por dos cauchos viejos.

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These are so old that they already serve as pots for some of the plants that are growing.


Estos tienen tanto tiempo que ya sirven de maceta para algunas plantas que le vienen naciendo.

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This could be worthy of admiration for some, because this is how the misnamed "self-management" is usually praised. Only that this is an act of desperation product of the bad public administration that hits the road system and all the development in Venezuela.

But I continue a little further on, to be able to distinguish the next monument of road neglect.


Esto pudiera ser digno de admiración para algunos, porque así se suele alabar la mal llamada “autogestión”. Solo que esto es un acto de desesperación producto de la mala administración pública que golpea la vialidad y todo el desarrollo en Venezuela.

Pero sigo un poco más adelante, para poder distinguir el próximo monumento de la desidia vial.

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As I continue walking, I find a piece of concrete pipe in the middle of the street. This was precisely a spoil from a job that was left unfinished in the same street years ago and the neighbors found an unusual function for the abandoned piece.


Al seguir caminando, me encuentro con un pedazo de tubo de concreto en medio de la calle. Este, precisamente fue un despojo de un trabajo que quedó inconcluso en la misma calle hace años y los vecinos le encontraron una función insólita a la pieza abandonada.

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There is nothing left to do but paint it and give it "beauty" this holiday season. I have no doubt that when Christmas Day approaches they will decorate it with lights.


No queda más que pintarla y darle “belleza” en esta época festiva. No dudo que cuando se acerque el día de navidad lo adornen con luces.

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It is Christmas time and the street is decorated with weeds and garbage accumulated in the holes responsible for the uselessness of the road. People do clean up but it is not enough, this must be corrected with responsibility by the entities elected for this purpose.


Es navidad y la calle está adornada de maleza y de basura acumulada en los huecos responsables de la inutilidad de la vía. Las personas hacen limpieza pero no es suficiente, esto debe corregirse con responsabilidad por parte de los entes elegidos para tal fin.

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While this is happening in Venezuela, the government is blocking another bit of illusion to those who live in a country with one of the largest oil reserves in the world.


Mientras esto sucede en Venezuela, el gobierno le bloquea otro poco de ilusión a quienes habitan en un país poseedor de una de las mayores reservas de petróleo del mundo.

MONUMENTS TO DESIROUSNESS | Roads without Christmas spirit

MONUMENTOS A LA DESIDIA | Vías terrestres sin espíritu de Navidad

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My previous road publications:

Mis publicaciones anteriores sobre vialidad:

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3



Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator

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This is note and I hope the christmas spirit contnues

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