forcebwithu Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 26 minutes ago, fforest said: Does anyone notice anything missing? Some Seattng has finally been found on the beach......After years and waiting.....lol Yep after millions of US dollars have been spent on the beach ....Heres is the public beach seating... Crowds of people enjoying the promenade and beach. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Streak Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 2 hours ago, fforest said: Does anyone notice anything missing? Lying next to this somewhere........ 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boydeste Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 11 hours ago, forcebwithu said: A muddy update on Soi 15 after this morning's rain. That digger gives some size perspective to actually how large those pipes are. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazle Posted July 19, 2023 Author Share Posted July 19, 2023 54 minutes ago, boydeste said: That digger gives some size perspective to actually how large those pipes are. ..... and the pipes give perspective on how big the problem is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boydeste Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 10 minutes ago, Bazle said: ..... and the pipes give perspective on how big the problem is! Exactly and they may not cure the problem either. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john luke Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Streak Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 Soi 15 area of Sai 2...Looking south... Looking north......... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fforest Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 9 hours ago, Blue Streak said: Soi 15 area of Sai 2...Looking south... Looking north......... The 2nd road mess has gone on for so long,it seems like it will never end... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painter Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 https://fb.watch/lWfgRWRn0U/?mibextid=NnVzG8 From my favourite afternoon coffee place.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnpat Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 This is where the completed construction of soi 15 will meet with Second road. In over a month they've made no discernible progress toward that goal but they have managed to accumulate far more giant pipes than they need to complete this small unfinished section. Maybe the construction project is just a ruse and their real work is in buying and selling big pipes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Streak Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 25 minutes ago, johnpat said: This is where the completed construction of soi 15 will meet with Second road. In over a month they've made no discernible progress toward that goal but they have managed to accumulate far more giant pipes than they need to complete this small unfinished section. Maybe the construction project is just a ruse and their real work is in buying and selling big pipes. Maybe these pipes are for the Soi Buakhao end, just storing them there....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siam Addict Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 8 hours ago, johnpat said: This is where the completed construction of soi 15 will meet with Second road. In over a month they've made no discernible progress toward that goal but they have managed to accumulate far more giant pipes than they need to complete this small unfinished section. Maybe the construction project is just a ruse and their real work is in buying and selling big pipes. Or maybe with the decline of the Pattaya/HuaHin ferry, they are going to build a tunnel to connect both cities? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john luke Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 Soi 15. @Painter's regular massage shop is closed. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 Pattaya Mayor Orders to Speed Up Roadwork Around Second Road and Soi 15 Buakhao https://thepattayanews.com/2023/06/16/pattaya-mayor-orders-to-speed-up-roadwork-around-second-road-and-soi-15-buakhao/ following numerous complaints by residents and our own readers at The Pattaya News, Pattaya Mayor Poramase visited the area yesterday and expressed concerns about the lack of lighting and traffic signs. He then personally urged the contractor to complete the project by August to return the space for safe public usage. A large area of construction around the intersection of Walking Street and Second Road has caused headaches for months for both drivers and business owners. It essentially has caused a choke point that reduces traffic to one lane on Second Road in one of the busiest areas of the city. The work has been going on for almost two years notes TPN media and faced numerous delays and problems amidst growing anger from residents, tourists, and business owners in Pattaya. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazle Posted July 27, 2023 Author Share Posted July 27, 2023 2 hours ago, Stillearly said: Pattaya Mayor Orders to Speed Up Roadwork Around Second Road and Soi 15 Buakhao https://thepattayanews.com/2023/06/16/pattaya-mayor-orders-to-speed-up-roadwork-around-second-road-and-soi-15-buakhao/ following numerous complaints by residents and our own readers at The Pattaya News, Pattaya Mayor Poramase visited the area yesterday and expressed concerns about the lack of lighting and traffic signs. He then personally urged the contractor to complete the project by August to return the space for safe public usage. A large area of construction around the intersection of Walking Street and Second Road has caused headaches for months for both drivers and business owners. It essentially has caused a choke point that reduces traffic to one lane on Second Road in one of the busiest areas of the city. The work has been going on for almost two years notes TPN media and faced numerous delays and problems amidst growing anger from residents, tourists, and business owners in Pattaya. And that was from 16th June! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnpat Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 13 hours ago, Stillearly said: following numerous complaints by residents and our own readers at The Pattaya News, Pattaya Mayor Poramase visited the area yesterday and expressed concerns about the lack of lighting and traffic signs. He then personally urged the contractor to complete the project by August to return the space for safe public usage. Well that's not going to happen. Maybe it will be done by October but likely November on the two year anniversary of the start of this disaster of a project. I've seen them construct vast roadways such as Highway 7 and now highway 3 south of Pattaya. Yet just constructing 800 meters of soi 15 takes two years. It's all about manpower and they did not put enough people and machines on this project from the beginning and continuing to now. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnpat Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 Soi 15 to Soi Buakaow this morning. It's hard to see what they've accomplished in the last few months and what they still have to do. There's a pipe sticking up so presumably they managed to bury at least one pipe. There seems to be no method to their madness. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasseye Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 On 7/28/2023 at 7:47 AM, johnpat said: Well that's not going to happen. Maybe it will be done by October but likely November on the two year anniversary of the start of this disaster of a project. I've seen them construct vast roadways such as Highway 7 and now highway 3 south of Pattaya. Yet just constructing 800 meters of soi 15 takes two years. It's all about manpower and they did not put enough people and machines on this project from the beginning and continuing to now. The whole situation has been an extrodinary debacle. A massive head scracther. The associated economic costs to the area must be incalcuable. A real skull fucking. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 Soi 15 update. I saw on another forum a picture the section of pipe with the access tube "welded" to it in the ground, but with the weld having broken. I didn't think of it when I first saw them redneck engineering an access tube, but I can understand now how the idea might not have been such a good one. While fairly stiff the HDPE can flex when the fill is placed around and over the pipe. Add to that the weight of any machinery used to pack the fill down and it's not surprising the welded joint would separate. I believe the picture below is the section where the weld broke. Hope whatever repair they made holds up. 1 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boydeste Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 13 hours ago, forcebwithu said: Soi 15 update. I saw on another forum a picture the section of pipe with the access tube "welded" to it in the ground, but with the weld having broken. I didn't think of it when I first saw them redneck engineering an access tube, but I can understand now how the idea might not have been such a good one. While fairly stiff the HDPE can flex when the fill is placed around and over the pipe. Add to that the weight of any machinery used to pack the fill down and it's not surprising the welded joint would separate. I believe the picture below is the section where the weld broke. Hope whatever repair they made holds up. It's quite incredible to see over such a long time the mess that's been made of this particular job. A nightmare for anyone that lives or stays in that street methinks. Will it be completed any time soon do ya think? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fforest Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 (edited) 35 minutes ago, boydeste said: It's quite incredible to see over such a long time the mess that's been made of this particular job. A nightmare for anyone that lives or stays in that street methinks. Will it be completed any time soon do ya think? Well, let's not forget the Sukhumvit underpass in Pattaya..That took like 4-5 years to complete....for 1 kilometer ....lol...... Edited August 8, 2023 by fforest 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 I think they need to update their website .... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 5 hours ago, fforest said: Well, let's not forget the Sukhumvit underpass in Pattaya..That took like 4-5 years to complete....for 1 kilometer ....lol...... Construction started Jan 2015 and the ribbon cutting ceremony was Aug 2017, so about 2.5 years to complete. IIRC they were about six months late in finishing the project. As an aside, recent news reports showed them finally fixing the lighting in the underpass. I'd estimate about 40% of the lighting never worked from day one. Went through the underpass a few days ago and think they may have over done it on the new lighting, my buddha it was bright. Click on image below to view the photo album of the entire timeline of the construction project. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnpat Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 Cars and motorbikes leaving the Grand Avenue underground garage must do a tight right u-turn into the dirt lot in front of the condo complex, drive through that lot and make a left crossing a dirt bridge to Soi Boomerang. Then down that Soi and a sharp right past girls sitting outside gentleman's clubs to Soi Buakaow. As a result lots of residents have chosen to park along both sides of the finished part of soi 15 making it a one lane road at places thus sharing their misery with other soi 15 residents. So far there has been no visible progress on the link from Soi 15 to Soi Buakaow. Yes they go out and work with big machines and move dirt around but they've accomplished exactly nothing in these last few months. Is there anyone in charge? 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fforest Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 2 hours ago, forcebwithu said: Construction started Jan 2015 and the ribbon cutting ceremony was Aug 2017, so about 2.5 years to complete. IIRC they were about six months late in finishing the project. As an aside, recent news reports showed them finally fixing the lighting in the underpass. I'd estimate about 40% of the lighting never worked from day one. Went through the underpass a few days ago and think they may have over done it on the new lighting, my buddha it was bright. Click on image below to view the photo album of the entire timeline of the construction project. Ok...But it seemed like 4- 5 years.....lol 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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