Rimmer Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 Flooding imperils Pattaya Beach rebuild PATTAYA:--Pattaya officials said they will monitor the beach near Soi 9 for erosion after it is rebuilt with new sand. Beach users and internet commentators expressed concern Sept. 3 after heavy rain and flooding carved huge trenches out of the sand near the Pattaya Police Station. Noting the same damage occurs after every major storm, many wondered if the hundreds of millions of baht being spent to rebuild the beach will be wasted. Pattaya officials said the sand-restoration project has only reached Soi 4, but when the work is finished at Soi 9 the area will be monitored to ensure that the new sand is not washed away. Read more: http://www.pattayamail.com/featured/flooding-imperils-pattaya-beach-rebuild-222505 -- © Copyright Pattaya Mail 2018-09-15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RotMahKid Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 Before you start I suggest them to ask the Dutch, they just did not make a new beach but also some islands, where nothing then water was before..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champers Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 26 minutes ago, RotMahKid said: Before you start I suggest them to ask the Dutch, they just did not make a new beach but also some islands, where nothing then water was before..... Not sure if any wildlife and vegetation would flourish in Pattaya bay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phycokiller Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 unusual concept, you would think they had already noticed the beach washing away but some additional monitoring might make them a little more confident of their observations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrik Andersen Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 In jomtien last year they fix this and it stayed beautiful for 10 days and rain come so they just leave it as dirty big hole Thailand can't fix anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toenail Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 You’d think the professor of engineering would have been proactive & thought about the water run-off from the sois before hand . Very obvious there was a severe erosion issue before his team started on this project. BTW professor- those huge vinyl sandbag casings will deteriorate under the sun within 2-3 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC1701A Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 5 hours ago, Rimmer said: Pattaya officials said they will monitor the beach near Soi 9 for erosion after it is rebuilt with new sand. "Is it time to call my bother to sell the city some more sand?" "I think so, what you going to buy this time?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadbury Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 5 hours ago, Rimmer said: Flooding imperils Pattaya Beach rebuild Flooding is not the problem. It is incompetency and corruption that is the problem. Both combine to be a pestilence in Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucec64 Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 You can see recent history repeating itself over and over again but they never learn. What is the betting this sand erosion will continue, then the substandard concrete promenade will become undermined and subsequently parts will collapse? I can see this recurring problem happen every rainy season and Pattaya City authorities can not?Of course authorities know the problem will reoccur. That is basically the plan. Just think about how public contracts are managed, and it will become obvious why reoccurring capital projects are in the authorities interest...Sent from my SM-N950U1 using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mok199 Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 forget the beach , we just go to the ''fish spa''...its cleaner and safer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BestB Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 They will monitor and if it’s been washed away then what ? Summon the rain for questioning? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AhFarangJa Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 19 hours ago, Rimmer said: Noting the same damage occurs after every major storm, many wondered if the hundreds of millions of baht being spent to rebuild the beach will be wasted. Of course it has not been wasted....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupatria Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 Where will the party of the sand suppliers take place this time, probably not at the beach? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffggi Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 I really cannot understand why they don't build some culverts to channel the flood water into the sea, as has been mentioned above they know where the troughs appear in the sand as it is the same every time the rains come therefore build to accommodate - Not rocket science!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AhFarangJa Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 1 hour ago, Geoffggi said: I really cannot understand why they don't build some culverts to channel the flood water into the sea, as has been mentioned above they know where the troughs appear in the sand as it is the same every time the rains come therefore build to accommodate - Not rocket science!! Your reasoning, though sound in its simplicity, does contain a trait that is not too often employed here.......Logic...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AhFarangJa Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 2 hours ago, Lupatria said: Where will the party of the sand suppliers take place this time, probably not at the beach? Here, maybe ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallGuyJohninBKK Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 16 hours ago, brucec64 said: Of course authorities know the problem will reoccur. That is basically the plan. Just think about how public contracts are managed, and it will become obvious why reoccurring capital projects are in the authorities interest... That's why it's the PERFECT Thai public works project... Because it keeps giving and giving and giving... to all those with their snouts in the trough. If they did it right the first time and the problem was fixed and not reoccurring, no one would get rich off of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lvr181 Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 On 9/15/2018 at 5:55 PM, Rimmer said: heavy rain and flooding There will be no flooding - I read that, from a senior Thai politician (cannot remember the name) a short while back! So, do not worry. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 Noting the same damage occurs after every major storm, many wondered if the hundreds of millions of baht being spent to rebuild the beach will be wasted. No not at all, I'm sure many have benefited from the millions of baht spent ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantomfiddler Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 Why oh why cannot they funnel the stormwater flowing from Beach Road into three concrete channels (North, central, and south) extending out into the bay so that the water could be disposed of without taking all the valuable sand with it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebell Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 'Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.' Who are the mad ones? Those receiving money to repeat this annual nonsense or the tax payers who fund these plans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phycokiller Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 1 hour ago, phantomfiddler said: Why oh why cannot they funnel the stormwater flowing from Beach Road into three concrete channels (North, central, and south) extending out into the bay so that the water could be disposed of without taking all the valuable sand with it ? actually they did, a few years ago, at central and north anyway. they just dont work very well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lvr181 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 13 hours ago, mikebell said: 'Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.' Who are the mad ones? Those receiving money to repeat this annual nonsense or the tax payers who fund these plans? Albert Einstein AKA mikebell? ? ? Has been one of my favourite quotes for many long years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morrobay Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 Imperilling part two when Northerly winter wind, waves, longshore-current washes out the first half of sand covering the bayside-sandbags. Look at Dusit-pt for how that's going to look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gk10002000 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 siiiiigh. This reminds me of my shoulder issue, where therapy, just like adding sand may help, but unless you fix or stop the root cause, the condition and symptoms will keep re-occurring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BestB Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 6 minutes ago, gk10002000 said: siiiiigh. This reminds me of my shoulder issue, where therapy, just like adding sand may help, but unless you fix or stop the root cause, the condition and symptoms will keep re-occurring. But if you fix the root cause then there will be no money to be made every year ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vacuum Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 On 9/15/2018 at 10:01 AM, RotMahKid said: Before you start I suggest them to ask the Dutch, they just did not make a new beach but also some islands, where nothing then water was before..... I'll bet they didn't build those islands with sand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lvr181 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 6 hours ago, Vacuum said: I'll bet they didn't build those islands with sand. Too smart for that. Wonder how China is reclaiming and rebuilding bigger islands in the South China Sea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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