Rimmer Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Please stay on topic which is new highway 7 not 331 widening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimmer Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 They have started cutting the East West link through to Sukhumvit Road, this picture is taken on a back road that runs parallel to Sukhumvit Road and is looking west toward the sea and the two towers at Ocean Marina. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orlov Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 Only just read this topic so thanks guys for all the info. I did wonder what was going on in SSCC road between the S bends just short of Maprachan Lake. Actually I still can't make out what they're doing. There are some huge drums linked up to a container shaped box and some really big cranes. Almost looks like a fuel depot. Still, I'm not a construction engineer so maybe somebody can enlighten me. In the meantime, having looked at the route of this new road I can't see that it has any purpose whatsoever. It more or less runs parallel with the existing 36/331 route and ends in the middle of nowhere at a point somewhere east of Sattahip and west of Rayong. As others have mentioned, the 331 is being up-graded to duel carriageway which takes you straight to U-Tapao airport and if you want to go to Rayong then you take the 36 all the way and just turn off into the centre of the city. Can't help feeling that the money could have been better spent double-tracking the railway from Pattaya to Bangkok, electrifying it, providing some modern air conditioned rolling stock and offering a half hourly service. Could up-grade the rail link to Laem Chabang at the same time (which is already sorely needed) and take thousands of containers off the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightRider70 Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Updated "interactive" map: new_road.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMGImInPattaya Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 Only just read this topic so thanks guys for all the info. I did wonder what was going on in SSCC road between the S bends just short of Maprachan Lake. Actually I still can't make out what they're doing. There are some huge drums linked up to a container shaped box and some really big cranes. Almost looks like a fuel depot. Still, I'm not a construction engineer so maybe somebody can enlighten me. In the meantime, having looked at the route of this new road I can't see that it has any purpose whatsoever. It more or less runs parallel with the existing 36/331 route and ends in the middle of nowhere at a point somewhere east of Sattahip and west of Rayong. As others have mentioned, the 331 is being up-graded to duel carriageway which takes you straight to U-Tapao airport and if you want to go to Rayong then you take the 36 all the way and just turn off into the centre of the city. Can't help feeling that the money could have been better spent double-tracking the railway from Pattaya to Bangkok, electrifying it, providing some modern air conditioned rolling stock and offering a half hourly service. Could up-grade the rail link to Laem Chabang at the same time (which is already sorely needed) and take thousands of containers off the road. Other than the skim, it's hard to see the rationale for this H7 extension...to dump people at the Portofino Condominioms. The major traffic bottlenecks are at the Pattaya and Naklua intersections of Sukhumvit Road. It would have been a better investment to construct overpasses at the intersections, like they have done on Sukhumvit in Leam Chambang and Sri Racha. Maybe also widen Sukhumvit (H3) to 3-4 lanes each direction from Pattaya to Rayong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanLaew Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 (edited) Only just read this topic so thanks guys for all the info. I did wonder what was going on in SSCC road between the S bends just short of Maprachan Lake. Actually I still can't make out what they're doing. There are some huge drums linked up to a container shaped box and some really big cranes. Almost looks like a fuel depot. Still, I'm not a construction engineer so maybe somebody can enlighten me. In the meantime, having looked at the route of this new road I can't see that it has any purpose whatsoever. It more or less runs parallel with the existing 36/331 route and ends in the middle of nowhere at a point somewhere east of Sattahip and west of Rayong. As others have mentioned, the 331 is being up-graded to duel carriageway which takes you straight to U-Tapao airport and if you want to go to Rayong then you take the 36 all the way and just turn off into the centre of the city. Can't help feeling that the money could have been better spent double-tracking the railway from Pattaya to Bangkok, electrifying it, providing some modern air conditioned rolling stock and offering a half hourly service. Could up-grade the rail link to Laem Chabang at the same time (which is already sorely needed) and take thousands of containers off the road. Other than the skim, it's hard to see the rationale for this H7 extension...to dump people at the Portofino Condominioms. The major traffic bottlenecks are at the Pattaya and Naklua intersections of Sukhumvit Road. It would have been a better investment to construct overpasses at the intersections, like they have done on Sukhumvit in Leam Chambang and Sri Racha. Maybe also widen Sukhumvit (H3) to 3-4 lanes each direction from Pattaya to Rayong. A sizeable chunk of the traffic that fouls up the Highway 7 @ Sukhumvit junction (heading south) are destined for Bang Sare and beyond. The extension of Highway 7 that comes out at the marina will be of great benefit to those and others headed beyond Jomtien. The current heavy local traffic at the Highway 7 @ Sukhumvit junction (heading north) into Nua are trying to avoid the tunneling mess and once they are finished, I would expect a more even split of 'normal' traffic entering Pattaya via Nua, Klang and Tai. I agree that flyovers would have been cheaper and faster but they seem to be used only at industrial type intersections at Laem Chabang. Chiang Mai and Khon Kaen have tunneling projects (versus flyovers) so of course it befits Thailand's premier beach resort to have the same, no? Highway 3 should be widened to 3 lanes between the (new) marina junction heading north to the current point just south of the Floating Market otherwise the bottlenecks around the Huayyai intersection will be even bigger. I think the 2 lanes (each way) south of the marine and all the way to Rayong will be adequate.... for maybe another 10 years. Edited July 8, 2016 by NanLaew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longball53098 Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 Updated "interactive" map: new_road.html This update is good. Thanks for the new info and it seems that in the remote areas I never get to that there really is some work getting done. Maybe we will see this tollway extension before I die Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaihome Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 Only just read this topic so thanks guys for all the info. I did wonder what was going on in SSCC road between the S bends just short of Maprachan Lake. Actually I still can't make out what they're doing. There are some huge drums linked up to a container shaped box and some really big cranes. Almost looks like a fuel depot. Still, I'm not a construction engineer so maybe somebody can enlighten me. In the meantime, having looked at the route of this new road I can't see that it has any purpose whatsoever. It more or less runs parallel with the existing 36/331 route and ends in the middle of nowhere at a point somewhere east of Sattahip and west of Rayong. As others have mentioned, the 331 is being up-graded to duel carriageway which takes you straight to U-Tapao airport and if you want to go to Rayong then you take the 36 all the way and just turn off into the centre of the city. Can't help feeling that the money could have been better spent double-tracking the railway from Pattaya to Bangkok, electrifying it, providing some modern air conditioned rolling stock and offering a half hourly service. Could up-grade the rail link to Laem Chabang at the same time (which is already sorely needed) and take thousands of containers off the road. Other than the skim, it's hard to see the rationale for this H7 extension...to dump people at the Portofino Condominioms. The major traffic bottlenecks are at the Pattaya and Naklua intersections of Sukhumvit Road. It would have been a better investment to construct overpasses at the intersections, like they have done on Sukhumvit in Leam Chambang and Sri Racha. Maybe also widen Sukhumvit (H3) to 3-4 lanes each direction from Pattaya to Rayong. The purpose of the new extension is a direct route to Ban Chang, the airport/navy base and Map Ta Phut. The reason the map shows ending in "nowhere" is the connection to Sukhumvit and the Ban Chang bypass has not been finalized nor has the land been purchased. This is cause for much speculation in Ban Chang. When finished this is going to take at least 30 minutes off the drive from bangkok to ban chang. TH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMGImInPattaya Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 Only just read this topic so thanks guys for all the info. I did wonder what was going on in SSCC road between the S bends just short of Maprachan Lake. Actually I still can't make out what they're doing. There are some huge drums linked up to a container shaped box and some really big cranes. Almost looks like a fuel depot. Still, I'm not a construction engineer so maybe somebody can enlighten me. In the meantime, having looked at the route of this new road I can't see that it has any purpose whatsoever. It more or less runs parallel with the existing 36/331 route and ends in the middle of nowhere at a point somewhere east of Sattahip and west of Rayong. As others have mentioned, the 331 is being up-graded to duel carriageway which takes you straight to U-Tapao airport and if you want to go to Rayong then you take the 36 all the way and just turn off into the centre of the city. Can't help feeling that the money could have been better spent double-tracking the railway from Pattaya to Bangkok, electrifying it, providing some modern air conditioned rolling stock and offering a half hourly service. Could up-grade the rail link to Laem Chabang at the same time (which is already sorely needed) and take thousands of containers off the road. Other than the skim, it's hard to see the rationale for this H7 extension...to dump people at the Portofino Condominioms. The major traffic bottlenecks are at the Pattaya and Naklua intersections of Sukhumvit Road. It would have been a better investment to construct overpasses at the intersections, like they have done on Sukhumvit in Leam Chambang and Sri Racha. Maybe also widen Sukhumvit (H3) to 3-4 lanes each direction from Pattaya to Rayong.The purpose of the new extension is a direct route to Ban Chang, the airport/navy base and Map Ta Phut. The reason the map shows ending in "nowhere" is the connection to Sukhumvit and the Ban Chang bypass has not been finalized nor has the land been purchased. This is cause for much speculation in Ban Chang. When finished this is going to take at least 30 minutes off the drive from bangkok to ban chang. TH Can't they just take 36 towards Rayong and transition to 331? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LennyW Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 Only just read this topic so thanks guys for all the info. I did wonder what was going on in SSCC road between the S bends just short of Maprachan Lake. Actually I still can't make out what they're doing. There are some huge drums linked up to a container shaped box and some really big cranes. Almost looks like a fuel depot. Still, I'm not a construction engineer so maybe somebody can enlighten me. In the meantime, having looked at the route of this new road I can't see that it has any purpose whatsoever. It more or less runs parallel with the existing 36/331 route and ends in the middle of nowhere at a point somewhere east of Sattahip and west of Rayong. As others have mentioned, the 331 is being up-graded to duel carriageway which takes you straight to U-Tapao airport and if you want to go to Rayong then you take the 36 all the way and just turn off into the centre of the city. Can't help feeling that the money could have been better spent double-tracking the railway from Pattaya to Bangkok, electrifying it, providing some modern air conditioned rolling stock and offering a half hourly service. Could up-grade the rail link to Laem Chabang at the same time (which is already sorely needed) and take thousands of containers off the road. Other than the skim, it's hard to see the rationale for this H7 extension...to dump people at the Portofino Condominioms. The major traffic bottlenecks are at the Pattaya and Naklua intersections of Sukhumvit Road. It would have been a better investment to construct overpasses at the intersections, like they have done on Sukhumvit in Leam Chambang and Sri Racha. Maybe also widen Sukhumvit (H3) to 3-4 lanes each direction from Pattaya to Rayong.The purpose of the new extension is a direct route to Ban Chang, the airport/navy base and Map Ta Phut. The reason the map shows ending in "nowhere" is the connection to Sukhumvit and the Ban Chang bypass has not been finalized nor has the land been purchased. This is cause for much speculation in Ban Chang.When finished this is going to take at least 30 minutes off the drive from bangkok to ban chang. TH Can't they just take 36 towards Rayong and transition to 331? 36 Does not go to Mapthaput, that is what this extension is all about, high speed and direct access to Thailands financial heart, nothing to do with Pattaya per se? I guess wrong forum, Pattaya go back to sleep, not your road. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimmer Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 Sukhumvit E W link looking east 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMGImInPattaya Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 Only just read this topic so thanks guys for all the info. I did wonder what was going on in SSCC road between the S bends justshort of Maprachan Lake. Actually I still can't make out what they're doing. There are some huge drums linked up to a containershaped box and some really big cranes. Almost looks like a fuel depot. Still, I'm not a construction engineer so maybe somebodycan enlighten me.In the meantime, having looked at the route of this new road I can't see that it has any purpose whatsoever. It more or lessruns parallel with the existing 36/331 route and ends in the middle of nowhere at a point somewhere east of Sattahip and west ofRayong.As others have mentioned, the 331 is being up-graded to duel carriageway which takes you straight to U-Tapao airport and if youwant to go to Rayong then you take the 36 all the way and just turn off into the centre of the city.Can't help feeling that the money could have been better spent double-tracking the railway from Pattaya to Bangkok, electrifyingit, providing some modern air conditioned rolling stock and offering a half hourly service. Could up-grade the rail link to LaemChabang at the same time (which is already sorely needed) and take thousands of containers off the road.Other than the skim, it's hard to see the rationale for this H7 extension...to dump people at the Portofino Condominioms. The major traffic bottlenecks are at the Pattaya and Naklua intersections of Sukhumvit Road. It would have been a better investment to construct overpasses at the intersections, like they have done on Sukhumvit in Leam Chambang and Sri Racha. Maybe also widen Sukhumvit (H3) to 3-4 lanes each direction from Pattaya to Rayong.The purpose of the new extension is a direct route to Ban Chang, the airport/navy base and Map Ta Phut. The reason the map shows ending in "nowhere" is the connection to Sukhumvit and the Ban Chang bypass has not been finalized nor has the land been purchased. This is cause for much speculation in Ban Chang.When finished this is going to take at least 30 minutes off the drive from bangkok to ban chang.THCan't they just take 36 towards Rayong and transition to 331? 36 Does not go to Mapthaput, that is what this extension is all about, high speed and direct access to Thailands financial heart, nothing to do with Pattaya per se?I guess wrong forum, Pattaya go back to sleep, not your road. Maptaput is Thailand's financial heart? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaihome Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 Maptaput is Thailand's financial heart? As far as largest investments and production of key raw materials for Thai industry, yes. TH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joepattaya1961 Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 So the tunnel-project was and is nothing more than a huge money-pit, creating some extra pension for the leaving city-council? The #7 project will be finished around the same time as the tunnel. Too bad, because it will never be proved that the tunnel was and is a huge waste of money and that it is actually the #7-project that gives Pattaya some "air". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berty100 Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 So the tunnel-project was and is nothing more than a huge money-pit, creating some extra pension for the leaving city-council? The #7 project will be finished around the same time as the tunnel. Too bad, because it will never be proved that the tunnel was and is a huge waste of money and that it is actually the #7-project that gives Pattaya some "air". The tunnel project, there are 2 more planned by the way, has lesser to do with relieving traffic on Sukhumvit but rather traffic entering and exiting Pattaya Klang - Tai and Thepprassit. Though I agree that it is indeed a money pit for someone, since fly overs would have the exact same result and save a lot of money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longball53098 Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 I just noticed in the last few days some potential progress in the area of the Sukhumvit area in Ban Chang. Seems a concrete batch plant is being built very close to the railroad tracks and the Sukhumvit flyover. There also has been some clearing and grading done that appears like they are going to be building an entry/exit ramp in this same area. I attach a screen shot with some very crude outlines of where the work is located. Anyone reading this and frequenting that area can see and agree or disagree. I will make a few photos over the next weeks to confirm what I see. tollway 7 Ban Chang.pdf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thailand J Posted July 21, 2016 Author Share Posted July 21, 2016 View at the North end of the project: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarno1973 Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5zYg8WLNIsw 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thailand J Posted July 23, 2016 Author Share Posted July 23, 2016 Looking at the document in the OP link, I can find illustrations of 4 other major junctions. Somehow they did not show us an illustration of the junction where the E-W road meets Sukhumvit near Jomtein. I hope the design does not include traffic lights. Not a repeat of the mess near Pattaya Nua. The design at the other end of E-W link looks great without any traffic lights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigt3365 Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Looks to be a toll road? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thailand J Posted July 24, 2016 Author Share Posted July 24, 2016 Looks to be a toll road? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SidJames Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 For who the bells tolls & they are many of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longball53098 Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 (edited) Work is continuing on the south end of the toll road extension just west of Ban Chang at the flyover the RR tracks and Sukhumvit. I stopped to take a few photos of the road grading and some large pile driving equipment. The photos show the work in very early stages Edited August 8, 2016 by longball53098 remove double photo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigt3365 Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 They seem to be moving very quickly on this. There's a large construction camp just before you get to where the road terminates at Ocean Marina. Seems like they are doing about as pictured above there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thailand J Posted August 10, 2016 Author Share Posted August 10, 2016 A lot more has been done at the N end compared to the S.. the columns are up, scaffolding for the road deck is being put up. I took a picture today: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigt3365 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Great progress! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigt3365 Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 From the small road East of Sukhumvit. That's Ocean Marina in the background. Pics are taken looking East and West. Great progress! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thailand J Posted August 16, 2016 Author Share Posted August 16, 2016 Latest on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-ilLXWgcXY 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigt3365 Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 I'm afraid shoving that much traffic onto Sukhumvit near Ocean Marina is going to cause a huge mess. They desperately need to add turn lanes and more lights. It's terrible now. Can't imagine what it will be after this opens. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post AdrianBerry Posted October 22, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted October 22, 2016 Here is an image of the east-west link heading to Ocean Marina (Looking east from Ocean Portofino). 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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