Hey, friends, this is @nana2018
A few days ago a dude posted a picture on Facebook comparing a two bridge project costs information. One is from a newly-built Ponte Tono, in Oecusse and one is Ponte Comoro in Dili, the capital. Ponte Comoro’s cost is way way higher than Tono’s. When I looked at the photo closely, I saw a significant structural and look difference. Although Ponte Tono is less expensive, it looks very elegant; Ponte Comoro, on the other hand, was costly but looks dull. I apologize if I am, too, wrong regarding the cost since I could not find a reliable source to confirm it. However, my point is not about the cost.
I would swap the two bridges if I were witch. Ponte Tono should have been in Comoro instead. The rationale is because Ponte Comoro is dull; it is too dull for Dili, a place where the biggest money leaks here but does not get things it deserves. It is not only functions that matter; it should have also been a land mark for its locales and users from in and out; it should have also been a property that the community is proud of collectively as a progressive society as we aim to achieve.
The reason that I am missing good looking bridge structures like Tono Bridge in Dili is because I am dreaming to have new more photogenic objects in Dili to blog about. Bridges are photogenic. They are not only hooking us up from a point A to point B, but it also provides a space for us to look out without buildings blocking us, ayes to reach out horizons towards greeny Dare and Fatu Ahi, and getting gust of wind blown from Atauro.
It is good to have a bridge that has co-benefits. However, the dream has gone because Comoro’s bridge had been designed as it is currently looking dull. It is no other than just to serve people to get around although there was sufficient resource to do more than that.
It is fine though. I can shift my attention to Oecusse, to Ponte Tono, a good looking one that I can visit someday although it is far.
**I hope this gives you an inspiration
