Pattaya officials revise lockdown plans - new checkpoints to be set up

[rooster59 17,828]

Pattaya officials revise lockdown plans - new checkpoints to be set up

 

 

Officials in Pattaya have updated the details of the city’s lockdown put in place to help combat the spread of the coronavirus.

 

The full lockdown, which began on Thursday, was quickly thrown into chaos after large tailbacks and traffic congestion formed as people queued to pass through one of 1 of 5 checkpoints set up around the city.

 

Officials said the main cause of the traffic congestion resulted from people not trying to enter Pattaya city but trying to travel to the east of Pattaya or to places such as Sattahip or Chonburi town.

 

On Friday, officials held an urgent meeting where the details of the lockdown - namely the location of the checkpoints - were revised.

 

Previously people had to pass through one of five checkpoints:

 

Point 1 Soi Chaiyapornwithee
Point 2 Motorway Road 7 section 5 (in front of highway patrol)
Point 3 Phon Prapha Nimit (in front of mae la grilled fish shop)
Point 4 Soi Chaiyapruek (before the intersection of railroad in front of coffee shop)
Point 5 Sukhumvit Road before the prosecutor's office (under the overpass in front of na jomtien temple)

 

Following the meeting on Friday, officials said the old checkpoints will be removed and new ones set up in the following locations:

 

At Mareewit School
Near Mueang Jamlong
Entrance to Pattana Nua (North Pattaya) at the Prinya Sai 3 intersection
Pattaya Klang (Central Pattaya) at Soi Arunothai
Pattaya Tai (South Pattaya) at Soi Kophai
Thepprasit Intersection
Intersection near Boon Kanjanagaram Temple
I-yakan Intersection

 

The new checkpoints will be in place by Tuesday (14 April) for at least three weeks or longer, if the situation does not improve. 

 

When passing through a checkpoint, people will have their temperature taken and should show their ID. Foreigners should show their passport. 

 

Meanwhile, Pattaya’s mayor stressed on Friday that the lockdown had not been cancelled as previously reported. The lockdown is still very much in effect, only the locations of some checkpoints have been changed. 
 

Source: PR Pattaya

 

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[jacko45k 17,244]

All very well until these checkpoints tail back beyond Sukhumvit. Will Sukhumvit be open normal? 

[Canuck1966 4,840]

In addition to changing the locations of the checkpoints, authorities will focus their attention on securely locking down an inner part of the city where about 2,800 foreign tourists are staying and most of the infections have occurred, starting on Tuesday.

[Chang_paarp 8,301]

Waiting for the inevitable version three and four of this master plan. 

[essox essox 2,499]

IS IT not AMAZING ALL THESE POLICE......to be used to check.....where are they IN NORMAL TIMES, to check helmetless riders??? and noisy exhausts and vehicles not showing TAX .....the list goes on....

[PatOngo 44,422]

15 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

The new checkpoints will be in place by Tuesday (14 April)

 

15 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

The lockdown is still very much in effect

Great planning, well done guys!  Round of applause!

[eddie61 1,391]

I don’t suppose they would consider opening the motorway, that showpiece of the EEC, which has been years in construction, and is now finished and lying fallow. Probably it has already done what it was designed to do, now that the budget has been spent. Let’s keep it for a rainy day....

[J Town 9,355]

3 minutes ago, eddie61 said:

I don’t suppose they would consider opening the motorway, that showpiece of the EEC, which has been years in construction, and is now finished and lying fallow. Probably it has already done what it was designed to do, now that the budget has been spent. Let’s keep it for a rainy day....

I ride my pushbike on that motorway. There is a major section NOT finished. Not large, could be completed in a few days, but there is a reason it's not finished us minions aren't allowed to know. Some stupid politics I'm sure.

[Geoffggi 4,359]

36 minutes ago, essox essox said:

IS IT not AMAZING ALL THESE POLICE......to be used to check.....where are they IN NORMAL TIMES, to check helmetless riders??? and noisy exhausts and vehicles not showing TAX .....the list goes on....

Inactive post positions.......LOL

[mikebell 13,428]

Manned and planned by Pattaya Plod - what could possibly go wrong?

[sungod 4,645]

Seems most of the big supermarkets on Sukhumvit may be more accessible now, so little need to go into the city center.

[scubascuba3 10,476]

I can't see the new checkpoints working, there are loads of shortcuts to avoid them. We need a map to see the road blocks

[Peterw42 13,489]

There have been some new check points set up where I am. Travelling from the balcony to the kitchen this morning there was a checkpoint asking If I have showered yet. Random stops in the lounge area throughout the day asking if hungry. No alcohol ban in place as yet but some checkpoints near the refrigerator where consumption is being questioned.

Edited April 11, 2020 by Peterw42

[J Town 9,355]

1 minute ago, scubascuba3 said:

I can't see the new checkpoints working, there are loads of shortcuts to avoid them. We need a map to see the road blocks

Again, I ride a pushbike around Jomtien/Pattaya. FAR too many shortcuts to get around. I can go from Na Jomtien all the way to Pattaya Nua without ever hitting a major road.

[Toany 1,046]

1 hour ago, Canuck1966 said:

In addition to changing the locations of the checkpoints, authorities will focus their attention on securely locking down an inner part of the city where about 2,800 foreign tourists are staying and most of the infections have occurred, starting on Tuesday.

That is because they all went ti immugration