World Class Resort? Neo Pattaya takes a lashing as resort is deluged - improvements "a pipedream"

[nobodysfriend]

4 hours ago, Pilotman said:

They should check out the word 'gravity' and 'flow dynamics' in Google. Apparently the Pattaya authorities are not acquainted with the concepts. 

They do not speak english ...

[Xonax]

Come to NEO pattaya. We have the biggest waterpark in the world! 

Where have all the money previously allocated for flood prevention gone? I think we all know the answer to that.

Edited February 18, 2021 by Xonax

[PatOngo]

2 hours ago, Oldie said:

Show mercy. Pattaya is at/below sea level and water does not flow upwards without pumps. 

No mercy, the planners are idiots!

[Pilotman]

3 hours ago, polpott said:

You pays your money, you takes your choice. Pattaya number one for me. Civilized, safe and boring not for me.

fair enough, it wouldn't do for everyone to like the same things. I must admit that I like Pattaya much more at the moment than I ever did. 

[Call]

Monorail and roof over walking street, that´s it!

 

[topt]

1 hour ago, Katipo said:

How does that tunnel/under-pass fair when it floods like this?

I was caught up in this about 4pm. Sukhumvit just in front of the tunnel entrance going south was badly flooded with 4 lanes going to one/two to either go through the tunnel or up to the lights at the top of Pattaya Klang. The tunnel appeared unscathed but I was going up to Klang so cannot be certain. Some smaller cars were stopped at the side of the road as there was a Swift seemingly abandoned in the middle of what would be the 2 left lanes.

 

Traffic coming north out of the tunnel and down the hill from Klang was at a almost complete standstill as some individual vehicles slowly went through the flooding on that side.  

[PGSan]

6 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

To fix it money needs to be redirected from where it is actually going

As does the water !! 

[PGSan]

5 hours ago, Pilotman said:

Apparently the Pattaya authorities are not acquainted with the concepts. 

Nah!  It is just that the local geomorphology cannot read (or has no internet access).

[PGSan]

58 minutes ago, PatOngo said:

Pattaya is at/below sea level

Not much of it is at sea level.  Where does it go below? 

[PatOngo]

1 minute ago, PGSan said:

Not much of it is at sea level.  Where does it go below? 

Read my posts. I never said it did!

[PGSan]

4 hours ago, sapson said:

with rides for all tastes

all ??? 

[PGSan]

7 minutes ago, PGSan said:

Pattaya is at/below sea level

Sorry, I must have misread the above!   Why is the word “below” used?

Edited February 18, 2021 by PGSan

[zaZa9]

Wow , I never thought anyone actually believed any of the Government pronouncements there ...

Believing any of it would so  set yourself up for disappointment.

[morrobay]

4 hours ago, Dagfinnur Traustason said:

The big question! Where did the money go?

It went into massive drain flooding projects (2015) like this one that had 2m drainpipes going out hundreds of meters offshore from this sump at North end (also soi6 and South end. But it was not engineered correctly* and  as shown the project failed with pipes packed up with sand. Resulting in the washouts. * maybe pumps were necessary. 

[Cake Monster]

6 hours ago, Shuya said:

Amazing water management. The city is under water and the reservoirs are empty.  

The Reservoirs that supply Water to Pattaya and the surrounding Area are indeed really dry. I would estimate that there is only about 15 % capacity of Water in them at this moment, and the Dry season has barely began.

Billions, upon Billions of Baht have been spent on " Infrastructure ", and nearly all that Money has gone on to making straighter, faster Roadways.

Infrastructure includes also Water management, Waste Management, and Environmental Controls Etc, but there has been very little spent on these things, which make Pattaya still a very backward City, with extremely poor Infrastructure.

This is one of the Major stumbling blocks for Investors into the EEC and other projects, and why there will be little success for any new Airports, Etc within the EEC.

 

[Destiny1990]

On a more positive note with water levels rising like this eventually all cables will be no-longer visible.???? Voila beatification 

[chilly07]

Enormous  pipes installed in beach road and bypass road have absolutely no  effect during downpour. Must be  very big  marginal costs on these contracts. All capital projects  in Pattaya seem just to generate big margins without  any effective outcome? 

[hotchilli]

7 hours ago, Shuya said:

Amazing water management. The city is under water and the reservoirs are empty.  

Maybe they should relocate the town to the reservoir area, and contain the rain water for domestic use?

[Surasak]

6 hours ago, Pilotman said:

They should check out the word 'gravity' and 'flow dynamics' in Google. Apparently the Pattaya authorities are not acquainted with the concepts. 

Oh! My goodness! You mean water doesn't flow up hill!??

[Benmart]

6 hours ago, polpott said:

No improvements needed for me. To add to @sandyfs anecdote, i can remember going out during the great storm in 2015, parking the bike at the side of Tukcom and watching the waters rise from the steps of Friendship supermarket. An overhead transformer exploded near us showering sparks and molten metal everywhere so we decided to make a run for it. Waded waist deep, chest deep for the g/f, across Pattaya Thai then waded down Soi Buakhow and eventually to Soi Diana beer bars, which are raised up from the road. Sat there as the water slowly raised up the legs of our bar stools and we watched 2 young Aussies having a swimming race down Soi Diana. A real party atmosphere with everyone having great fun. Memories are made of this, I wouldn't change Pattaya for the world.

 

If you don't love Pattaya, warts and all, don't come here, if you live here, move elsewhere, lots of quieter places in Thailand. If you want 24/7 fun and a party with amazing memories, come to Pattaya.

Telling people what do do, is only effective if I am paying their way in life. Otherwise, it comes off as just another forgettable utterance.

[Elreeco]

7 hours ago, mjnaus said:

 

Queue Pattaya apologists and Thai apologists in general. See what I did there? Works both ways ????

Queue or Cue ??????????

[ChrisY1]

7 hours ago, polpott said:

All the photos in the OP were taken from the same point, bottom of the hill on Sukumvit before it rises again towards Pattaya Tai. Always floods there when it rains heavily and usually takes an hour to drain off. Zero flooding where I live.

It's still Pattaya.....

[Grusa]

56 minutes ago, Destiny1990 said:

On a more positive note with water levels rising like this eventually all cables will be no-longer visible.???? Voila beatification 

"beatification". Really?

or "beautification "?

Not much difference, but still.........

[Nanaplaza666]

The money goes where the water should go , down the drains . 

[metisdead]

Some troll posts and the replies have been removed. 

[spiekerjozef]

New TAT promotion:

Pattaya the new oriental Venice.

[Pilotman]

1 minute ago, spiekerjozef said:

New TAT promotion:

Pattaya the new oriental Venice.

Yep, and Venice is a stinking shxxhole as well. Not a good role model for Patts 

[thailand49]

Do the math, you can put in all the drains even larger ones to store the water underneath the road while it slowly drains into the ocean making it look like the problem is solved if the people don't see the water above ground.

 

No matter what you do when the storm comes like it did yesterday the problem is going to continue. You got to built a system a Master Plan where the rain water is brought to a number of reservoir small or large which there is basically none. 

 

You can't just continue to build roads and making them beautiful it is just a illusion until the rain comes!

 

Mayor by the way how many times are you going to tear up Pattaya Nua, which once again is being done. I think this is number five now?  Did I hit the number of your I.Q!

[Jud Canada]

Sorry to all expats who live there. It’s lovely place to visit yet a sh?! Ho!e where most of the old creeps hang out although you probably know already. I support the gov cleaning it up if they actually can or will. I get tourists wanting to check out the action but the long stay creeps ... it’s sickening. Creeps ....don’t worry,  there is always some place you can feel at home. 

Edited February 18, 2021 by Jud Canada
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[SiSePuede419]

Congratulations on improving Pattaya. 

 

Remember, the jobs not over until all the riff raff are washed out to sea. ????