South Road (Pattaya Tai) Still Torn Up - But They're Working On It

[Gaybutton]

The following appears in the PATTAYA CITY NEWS:

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Crisis Meeting as Ongoing South Pattaya Road Construction Work Irritates City Hall Officials

 

A crisis meeting now from Pattaya City Hall, chaired by Khun Bunleur, a City Councilor who summoned officials from the East Water Company who are responsible for ongoing construction work taking place along the South Pattaya Road to install new water drainage pipes along the stretch of the road from the Sukumvit Road intersection, down to Walking Street.

 

The budget allocated for this scheme was 261 Million Baht which was provided by City Hall. A problem, which we have highlighted before on this program relates to the non-completion of the work which has left dangerous potholes in the road and un-even surfaces causing hazards for motorbikes and cars.

 

City Hall are far from happy with the work undertaken along the road and want the project to be completed as soon as possible, which must include road re-surfacing work. The company responsible for the work claims that the work is 85% completed but with works still ongoing along the Western stretch of the road; this figure was deemed as inaccurate.

 

Financial penalties will now apply if the work is not completed to a revised schedule.

[PattayaMale]

It appears that the water service has been cut due to this construction in the area I live. A few houses have had to buy water...

[Guest Boxer]

It appears that the water service has been cut due to this construction in the area I live. A few houses have had to buy water...

 

They should also ask about Sukhumvit Road on the Naklua side, water pipes laid months ago and the road is a mess and a great danger with holes big enough to loose a motorbike in as you pass.

[Gaybutton]

It never fails. Every year there are torn up road problems just when high season is about to begin. If you have a car and want to drive from Sukhumvit Highway to Second Road via Pattaya Tai, forget it. You can do it, but you could get out and crawl quicker than you'll make it in a car. That's due to the torn up road referred to in the story at the beginning of this thread. If you drive, the only practical way to do it is to detour around on Third Road, from Central Road (Pattaya Klang) or via Soi Korpai, Of course, Soi Korpai is much too narrow and it too is full of potholes.

 

Topmanb is right. It certainly isn't limited to Pattaya Tai road. There are plenty of other places available to experience the joys of being stuck in traffic, dealing with torn up roads, trying to avoid potholes, etc, while also dealing with motorcycles going the wrong way and coming from out of nowhere to cut you off, cars trying to cheat their way through by creating their own bypass lanes, tour buses trying to make an impossible turn into a narrow soi, cars double and triple parked, baht buses picking up and dropping off passengers, and plenty more to add to the festivities.

 

Often, you really don't have to worry about the potholes. That's because the traffic is so jammed and backed up that you can only move at a snail's pace to begin with.

 

Here's one for the "I don't get it" list. Remember the red, green, and yellow line city buses (or whatever the colors were)? Anyone seen any of them lately? What happened to them? They seem to have disappeared. If they're still around, I never see them anymore.

 

Another item on my "I don't get it" list is the fact that streets in desperate need of repair, and have been that way for years, are completely ignored while streets that were no problem at all are constantly torn up, repaved, torn up, repaved, and so on ad infinitum. There are several instances of streets on which repairs were started, but never finished.

 

I know of one street that was in the process of being repaved, but the work simply stopped. It's been sitting there unfinished and it has now been five years. If you happen to be on that street and are unaware that the street suddenly just ends, then you're liable to wind up in a ditch. Several cars have done just that.

 

There are so many potholes that sometimes I think Pattaya intends to sponsor a craters of the moon exhibition. Sometimes the potholes are repaired, but that's only once in a month of Sundays. Even then, the work is almost always so shoddy that the first hard rain washes away the repairs. Not only do we end up with the same potholes, but we get even more to go with the old ones. Of course, the most serious potholes remain either unmarked or the warning markers look as if a kindergarten class made them. They are virtually useless.

 

Other than that, driving around Pattaya is a breeze.

[Guest Boxer]

 

 

Shall we talk of Beach Road 2 years now and still greeting Visitors with a building site.

 

[Guest wowpow]

So the annual 'doing something' to beach road saga continues. The basic reasons for this and the poor workmanship around is corruption which is the bane of Thailand and much of Asia.

 

But then we know that before we come to live here. I find something distasteful about Westerners scorning Thai ways and standards though I do admit to thinking it quite often. I try to concentrate on the positive aspects of Thailand and Thai people who dispite all seem to remain pretty happy and content compared with residents in most wealthy Western countries.

[Gaybutton]

So the annual 'doing something' to beach road saga continues. The basic reasons for this and the poor workmanship around is corruption which is the bane of Thailand and much of Asia.

 

But then we know that before we come to live here. I find something distasteful about Westerners scorning Thai ways and standards though I do admit to thinking it quite often. I try to concentrate on the positive aspects of Thailand and Thai people who dispite all seem to remain pretty happy and content compared with residents in most wealthy Western countries.

 

I don't disagree about that at all, but bitching about the problems, frustrations, and shortcomings is fun, at least for me . . . . But one thing has been true and remains true: I can't think of anywhere else on the entire planet I'd rather be than right here in Pattaya.

[khaolakguy]

I don't disagree about that at all, but bitching about the problems, frustrations, and shortcomings is fun, at least for me . . . .

 

But listening to, and reading the bitchings, is rather less fun!

 

 

 

 

[Gaybutton]

But listening to, and reading the bitchings, is rather less fun!

 

Then don't read it.

[khaolakguy]

Then don't read it.

 

Ever the entertainer!

 

[PattayaMale]

Not complaining but making others aware. I walked from Carrefour on Thrid road to my house which is near to Xzyte today. I was able to see these wonderful holes, where the manhole covers had been removed or not replaced properly on Central Pattaya Road. There are a few beautiful covers that have a unique fish design that look new. One motorcyle driver asked if I needed a ride when I walked past. He said with a great Thai smile "road not good." as he saw me almost fall into a hole. We both laughed.