Rimmer Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Road construction continues to be a menace to residents and tourists PATTAYA:--There seems to be no end in sight as road digging continues on practically every road in Pattaya. There is little or no concern for the inconveniences of the residents and tourists, and the disrupting of desperately needed businesses during the busy high season, covering both the New Year and the Chinese New Year holidays. Receiving a constant stream of complaints, reporters inspected the construction site in the Pratamnak Road area around Kasetsin Soi 5, at the top of the big Buddha hill, and saw that it was in a sorry state of affairs. The contractors closed Rajchawaroon Road leading to the Royal Varuna Yacht Club and diverted all traffic through smaller sois to exit at Soi Kasetsin 5. Cars, motorbikes and tour busses were all scrambling to beat each other through the traffic, causing utter confusion and snarls, clouds of dust and dirt. Read more: https://www.pattayamail.com/news/road-construction-continues-to-menace-residents-and-tourists-285568 -- PATTAYA MAIL 2020-01-28— 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matzzon Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 No problem! What menace? I can still see a fairly big piece of the side walk. What is people asking for? Welcome to Thailand! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NanLaew Posted January 28, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 28, 2020 Pattaya is a city with the constant infrastructure construction and upgrades that other, similar-sized cities the world over require. Digging up roads to do this is a necessity, just as it is everywhere else in the world. I don't see this expansion and ultimate long-term improvement as being the problem here. It's the lack of proper planning for traffic management and the lack of involvement by the police in that management. TiT. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creasy Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Did someone steal all the safety barriers ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post seeyoujimmy Posted January 29, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 29, 2020 1 hour ago, Creasy said: Did someone steal all the safety barriers ? They ran out of twigs. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RichardColeman Posted January 29, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 29, 2020 In this picture we have hidden 10 Thai construction workers, can you find them all ? 4 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youlike Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 2 hours ago, NanLaew said: Pattaya is a city with the constant infrastructure construction and upgrades that other, similar-sized cities the world over require. Digging up roads to do this is a necessity, just as it is everywhere else in the world. I don't see this expansion and ultimate long-term improvement as being the problem here. It's the lack of proper planning for traffic management and the lack of involvement by the police in that management. TiT. Do they also have to replace the whole drainsystem in other city's every few years??? Where i am from we did that once 50 years ago and they are still fine... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefaultName Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 (edited) They can't really wait, once rainy season comes, they have to stop. As long as they do a proper fix and not a 6-month-job, I'll be happy to put up with it. Edited January 29, 2020 by DefaultName 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantomfiddler Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 What I do not understand is the deliberate and unnecessary closure of roads where nothing is happening, ie going down 2nd Road one is not allowed to turn right up Pattaya Klang !!! and for no apparent reason other than to make things more chaotic than they need to be ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebell Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Stop moaning - it will all be finished by the end of High Season. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanLaew Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 1 hour ago, Youlike said: Do they also have to replace the whole drainsystem in other city's every few years??? Where i am from we did that once 50 years ago and they are still fine... When was the last time they replaced the "whole drainsystem" in Pattaya? No? Anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobodysfriend Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 4 hours ago, RichardColeman said: In this picture we have hidden 10 Thai construction workers, can you find them all ? There are no thai construction workers , they are all burmese ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murraynz Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 8 hours ago, DefaultName said: They can't really wait, once rainy season comes, they have to stop. As long as they do a proper fix and not a 6-month-job, I'll be happy to put up with it. I live in that area... It's been going on for long in excess of 6 months. I feel so sorry for businesses in the area. I'm wondering, will they ever clean up construction materials when finished. The mess is everywhere, now working on top end of pratumnak rd. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustAnotherHun Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Envious Farang understand nothing. This is a very successful employment policy invented by an ingenious city hall. It's also a perfect measure to improve road safety by slowing speed down and saving speed limit signs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTuner Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 And the second they have it ready, the next crew comes and rips it all open because nobody bothered to plan the projects. <deleted>-up & brewery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTuner Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 9 hours ago, mikebell said: Stop moaning - it will all be finished by the end of High Season. True - too bad there are no high seasons anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkk6060 Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 (edited) 13 hours ago, NanLaew said: Pattaya is a city with the constant infrastructure construction and upgrades that other, similar-sized cities the world over require. Digging up roads to do this is a necessity, just as it is everywhere else in the world. I don't see this expansion and ultimate long-term improvement as being the problem here. It's the lack of proper planning for traffic management and the lack of involvement by the police in that management. TiT. Yes. Probably the same complainers who say no infrastructure improvements ever are constructed in Thailand. I am in Chiang Mai now there must be at least 10 major projects going on in and around the city. Slow but progressing. The mitigation of the traffic during most of these projects however is poor surprised there are not more accidents. Edited January 29, 2020 by bkk6060 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susco Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Anyone know the status of the big drain pipe that was to be laid along the railway road from Khao Talo to Hua Yai. I notice those works were halted almost a year ago, with the railway road for the biggest part now reduced to 1 lane only and the other lanes an unfinished construction site, causing of course a lot of traffic issues. Let's hope the works in Pattaya also don't get halted half way through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mok199 Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 The real problem is the amount of disguting tour buses , baht buses and mini vans clogging the roads..the construction is welcomed in this crumbling city... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinca tinca Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 On 1/29/2020 at 5:40 AM, Creasy said: Did someone steal all the safety barriers ? WHAT safety barriers.......???????!!! They do not know what these are....or if they did they DO NOT know how or where to put them.....!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 3 hours ago, tinca tinca said: WHAT safety barriers.......???????!!! They do not know what these are....or if they did they DO NOT know how or where to put them.....!! They put them all around the edges at The Central Festival Beach Rd to stop the jumpers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newnative Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 After they finish they will be back again in a few months to dig things up again to bury the wires. That, apparently, is what is being done on North Pattaya Road now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morrobay Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 18 hours ago, newnative said: After they finish they will be back again in a few months to dig things up again to bury the wires. That, apparently, is what is being done on North Pattaya Road now. Digging up again ? And is that going to be a new "phase' or a continuation of the "final phase" above ? Lost track here on these wire projects because after the phases the wires are still there. https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1083201-final-phase-of-north-road-wire-burying-project-begins-march-11/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinca tinca Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 On 1/29/2020 at 9:30 AM, mikebell said: Stop moaning - it will all be finished by the end of High Season. which HIGH SEASON??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leaver Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 35 minutes ago, tinca tinca said: which HIGH SEASON??? What is a high season these days? ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebell Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 12 hours ago, Leaver said: What is a high season these days? ???? 15% occupancy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leaver Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 2 hours ago, mikebell said: 15% occupancy. I actually would have said around 30%. Do you really think it's as low as 15%? I'm talking pre virus. Post virus, you could be right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebell Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 20 hours ago, Leaver said: I actually would have said around 30%. Do you really think it's as low as 15%? I'm talking pre virus. Post virus, you could be right. I was joking, but yesterday went to China Town off 2nd Road. It was a 'Deserted Village': no coaches; no people; no business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overherebc Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 On 1/29/2020 at 12:45 PM, nobodysfriend said: There are no thai construction workers , they are all burmese ... I'm trying to figure out the strategy behind the placement of the big plastic barrier on the left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leaver Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 6 hours ago, mikebell said: I was joking, but yesterday went to China Town off 2nd Road. It was a 'Deserted Village': no coaches; no people; no business. A news thread today says some businesses estimated to be down 70%, and it's high season. You very well could be right at 15%, come low season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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