john luke Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 There was a good hour plus of rain just after lunch today. After this superficially the beach did not seem to have been affected very much at all. Soi 6 northwards there are areas where rain water has run onto the beach and formed trenches as it proceeded towards the sea. The road works themselves seem pretty much unchanged by the rain. Water collecting in parts which have been dug up but no indication of flooding . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Beach Rd photo update, starting from the north end. Never noticed any customers before today at the Thai Airways office. Line out the door keeping a proper social distance, probably looking to rebook canceled flights. Looking north opposite Holiday Inn Looking south from the same spot Soi 1 Noticed this guy digging himself a cool spot in the sand. Pavement work opposite The Bay Water north of Soi 6 is currently draining into a pit. Very odd they don't have a pipe yet that connects to the new drains south of this point. Drain grates completed from just north of the Klang intersection. Typical, quality Thai engineering on show. Curb construction almost to Mike's Mall. South end getting pumped out. Beach is pretty empty. And no parasails in the air. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john luke Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 From this morning 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 Update of the north end of Beach Rd as of this morning. Looks like they might be fast tracking the project now that there's very few tourists left. Soi 1 Soi 2 Soi 3 Soi 5 And at Soi 6 it looks like they either dug out the buried pipe that connects the south end of the drains, or they installed the missing section in the past week. At any rate, the water from the north now has a way to continue on to the south. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 Progress update on the Beach Rd drainage project beginning on the north end. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skalliwag Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 21 hours ago, forcebwithu said: Progress update on the Beach Rd drainage project beginning on the north end. She’s coming right along.🤦♂️ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Today's progress report. Knock me over with a feather, they're actually cleaning construction debris from the gutter drains. Each of the low points where flooding typically occurs gets extra wide gutter drains. 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumpuynarak Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 TFP these and other updates FBWY, i always drive along Beach road when first arriving in Pattaya on every trip, i just love seeing the sea and these roadworks don't bother me one iota, it keeps the traffic speed down and gives me more time to view the goings on 😀 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Streak Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Soi 7 down to Walking Street this afternoon after last nights heavy shower...lol..... 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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forcebwithu Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 1 hour ago, Blue Streak said: Good pics. It's now over two months since the announced completion date of Feb 13, and because the construction is still not done and we're again heading into a period of more rain, they have to bring in the Big Green Pumper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freee!! Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Amazing Thailand 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazle Posted April 24, 2020 Author Share Posted April 24, 2020 2 hours ago, forcebwithu said: Good pics. It's now over two months since the announced completion date of Feb 13, and because the construction is still not done and we're again heading into a period of more rain, they have to bring in the Big Green Pumper. Given the lack of traffic and what I would imagine is a large pool of available labour, I wonder what excuse they'll come up with for the work not having been completed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nampla69 Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 7 minutes ago, Bazle said: Given the lack of traffic and what I would imagine is a large pool of available labour, I wonder what excuse they'll come up with for the work not having been completed. They had the plans upside down ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freee!! Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 3 hours ago, Bazle said: Given the lack of traffic and what I would imagine is a large pool of available labour, I wonder what excuse they'll come up with for the work not having been completed. As pointed out before, did they specify a year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andycoll Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 Given the situation at the moment with all the closures. If they are really intending to replace the drains in WS, surely now is the perfect time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 It only seems like yesterday that they were widening the road and laying all the original coloured paving stones on the 'Promenade" and i was predicting monster traffic jams at the Walking Street end. Happy days. 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegrogmonster Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 Hopefully they are putting the footings in for the monorail pylons. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krapow Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 Every time I open this thread it always makes me smile and get nostalgic for the Thailand I know and love 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Won't be long now before the north end of Beach Rd is concreted over, and hopefully the last bits of drains connected. Hope someone notices the north end catch basin is almost full of sand before they close it up. Connecting the drains at the Soi 6 junction. This guy has found a nice cool spot to sleep the day away. Southend is about finished too. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Streak Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Late afternoon today..... 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 Today's Beach Rd drainage project update. Nice we can once again walk on the beach footpath without getting hassled by the BIB. New curbs are now north of Klang. I hadn't noticed this before. The electric cable snake. Starts out above ground at a junction box. Then dives underground for a short distance. Then pops back up here. Then disappears into this mess. South end is almost ready the concrete truck. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Streak Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 And some more from this afternoon...... 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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