Blue Streak Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 Sai 2...The Avenue to Soi Arab............ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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lazarus Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 ^ not easy to drain a tropical swamp / cesspool... A bit like painting the Golden Gate Bridge...the work never stops! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Smooth Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 Sure hope the road construction on Soi 15 is finished by mid-December. I'm booked at the Centara Hotel over New Years into January, it can be seen partially in one or two of those pics. Would be a pisser if the work was still going on and impeding pedestrian and motor vehicle traffic through that area then. But with the rainy season approaching, that will slow progress for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nampla69 Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 2 minutes ago, Mr. Smooth said: Sure hope the road construction on Soi 15 is finished by mid-December. I'm booked at the Centara Hotel over New Years into January, it can be seen partially in one or two of those pics. Would be a pisser if the work was still going on and impeding pedestrian and motor vehicle traffic through that area then. But with the rainy season approaching, that will slow progress for sure. I stayed in its sister hotel Centra by Centara couple of weeks ago. There is a little alleyway from Soi Diana that lets you in round the back and zero road works takes about 90 seconds. Soi and hotel is signposted clearly. Only problem you will have is noise from Soi 15 but traffic you will be fine. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasseye Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 Add this to the giant cluster.... https://www.pattayamail.com/news/pattaya-central-road-crumbling-shortly-after-contactor-handover-408970 Pattaya city administrators have ordered the contractor to fix their defective work on Second Road before accepting the finished product. Not only have the contactors dilly dallied for years pretending to work on Pattaya Roads, blaming the pandemic for the delays, and finally claiming that the job was done only to have residents complain of the shoddy work. Last week, residents of Pattaya second Road were up in arms complaining loudly to city hall that the roads are cracked and crumbling in many parts. They said that the road was uneven and in some parts so bad that it was dangerous to life and limb. These complaints come hot on the heels of work being done by a contractor hired to remove utility poles along the road, after another contractor had finished the job of burying electricity and communication cables underground, in conjunction with yet another contractor hired to lay underground drainage and utility pipes. City administrators ordered the contractor to “fix it” and when done they will want to thoroughly inspect the work before approving an official handover. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 (edited) Wonder how the powers that be decided Naklua Soi 18 was deserving of the embedded pavement lights, centerline as well as gutter lights no less! Some one has baht to burn. Edited September 6, 2022 by forcebwithu 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KWA Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 1 hour ago, forcebwithu said: Wonder how the powers that be decided Naklua Soi 18 was deserving of the embedded pavement lights, centerline as well as gutter lights no less! Some one has baht to burn. Noticed them on Arunotai last night too. Just something else to trip over as they protrude an inch or so above ground. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 17 hours ago, KWA said: Noticed them on Arunotai last night too. Just something else to trip over as they protrude an inch or so above ground. Not only a tripping hazard, but a hazard for those of us on bikes. Hitting those lights with skinny tires will throw the bike in an unexpected direction, most likely into oncoming traffic. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Streak Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 The new concrete outside 7-11 on Soi 15 unveiled..... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john luke Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 These were taken this afternoon. No significant rain over last 48 hours. There is a lot of accumulated water below ground level. Taken on Second Road. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Streak Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 (edited) Sunday 11th Sept......Soi 15 and Sai 2 by The Avenue......... Edited September 16, 2022 by Blue Streak 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 They're back... the all too familiar orange construction barriers for the Beach Rd project to add a lane on the north end. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andycoll Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 23 hours ago, forcebwithu said: They're back... the all too familiar orange construction barriers for the Beach Rd project to add a lane on the north end. Ok. Let me get this straight. They are only going to widen the road upto Soi 4. Yet have not removed the Palm trees in that area yet. Then from Soi 4 to Klang where they have removed the Trees they are not now going to widen the road. You get more sense out of a bar girl than City council. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freee!! Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 1 hour ago, andycoll said: You get more sense out of a bar girl than City council. Of course, City council is made up of politicians (and Thai ones at that). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john luke Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 Whilst I do not drive in Thailand, a personal choice, I would suggest that parking on Beach Road and indeed the other main through roads is the main obstacle to the free flow of traffic. A four lane single carriageway road becomes a two lane single carriageway road if cars/vans/other vehicles are parked in lanes one and four adjacent to the footpaths. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coxyhog Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 I was a bit worried by all the roadworks on Soi 15 near our condo at Grand Avenue but we had no problems whatsoever. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 ^ Was completely blocked off this afternoon 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toy Boy Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 I'd guess they're probably around 80% or maybe even 90% of the way through finishing the roadworks on the north side of Thepprasit to install new drains to stop Sukhumvit in South Pattaya from flooding. After well over a year of chaos on what used to be by far the fastest way to the beach from Suk, I was hoping that would be it, but now they've started digging up the south side of Thepprasit as well to install yet more drains, so we can enjoy another year or two of traffic jams and madness. And I'll bet at the end of all this malarkey that Suk will still flood!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Dangleberries Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 On 10/13/2022 at 1:19 PM, john luke said: A four lane single carriageway road becomes a two lane single carriageway road if cars/vans/other vehicles are parked in lanes one and four adjacent to the footpaths. It wouldn't matter if it were made a 6 lane carriageway... It would still lead to a bottle neck on the corner at the beginning of Walking Street ... Unless they make WS a 6 lane carriageway also .... Now there's a thought.... 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john luke Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 Road widening at the northern end of Beach Road. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john luke Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 Second Road between Kiss Food and Drink and The Avenue, still unfinished, however the gaps between road works are now used for parking. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fforest Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 Bye bye Palm trees...The only positive improvement they have made in ages to the walkway... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john luke Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 Rather labour intensive. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 That looks like a footing for new curbs, which you can see haphazardly piled to the left and stacked in the background. That begs the question why they're putting in curbs next to the existing road as the news reports said they were adding an additional lane on the north end of Beach Rd? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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