johnpat Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 This is how it looked at that location for way too long so the residents are more than happy to deal with a bit of water on the road after a storm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazle Posted September 26, 2023 Author Share Posted September 26, 2023 43 minutes ago, johnpat said: This is how it looked at that location for way too long so the residents are more than happy to deal with a bit of water on the road after a storm This resident does not concur! If a job's worth doing, it's worth doing properly. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnpat Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, The courage to change the things I can, And the wisdom to know the difference. 😁😁 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 20 minutes ago, johnpat said: God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, The courage to change the things I can, And the wisdom to know the difference. 😁😁 Or if you prefer, another version of the same... 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasseye Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 16 hours ago, Zambo said: That looks pretty bad. Typically roads have a crown (high point) at the centre and drain to either side. There are a few roads (DMT in Bangkok for example) that drain to the centre. But either way there needs to be somewhere for the water to go after flowing off the road. Here it looks like evaporation is the plan Just think if they got freezing temps here. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiFlyer Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 If this has already been covered ad nauseam, my apologies. My personal number 1 bitch is the work on Sukhumvit. I live out towards Nong Nooch, and do not spend much time in Central Pats. Still I like grocery shopping at the Villa Market in Little Walk, so I make the drive once a week. The Sukhumvit construction delays near both Boon Kachana and even more so Chaiyapruek became so aggravating that I switched over to using 7 as a bypass. Takes about the same amount of time (a little more mileage and gas), but eliminates the aggravation, not to mention the ongoing delays at both Pattaya Tai and Thep Prassit. I have to pay a 15 baht toll to use this route. The Mrs raised her eyebrows about this. 🙂 I am lucky to have her. Added advantage to the route is that I have an easier merge onto Suk than the U-turn just South of Pattaya Nua allows. I will likely keep using said route even after the Suk construction is finished. Yeah right. Some good news for persons driving out this way toward Bang Saray is that increasing sections of the new Suk construction are being opened up. It has become an almost pleasant drive going South on Suk from Jomtien Second Road. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 20 minutes ago, ChiFlyer said: If this has already been covered ad nauseam, my apologies. My personal number 1 bitch is the work on Sukhumvit. I live out towards Nong Nooch, and do not spend much time in Central Pats. Still I like grocery shopping at the Villa Market in Little Walk, so I make the drive once a week. The Sukhumvit construction delays near both Boon Kachana and even more so Chaiyapruek became so aggravating that I switched over to using 7 as a bypass. Takes about the same amount of time (a little more mileage and gas), but eliminates the aggravation, not to mention the ongoing delays at both Pattaya Tai and Thep Prassit. I have to pay a 15 baht toll to use this route. The Mrs raised her eyebrows about this. 🙂 I am lucky to have her. Added advantage to the route is that I have an easier merge onto Suk than the U-turn just South of Pattaya Nua allows. I will likely keep using said route even after the Suk construction is finished. Yeah right. Some good news for persons driving out this way toward Bang Saray is that increasing sections of the new Suk construction are being opened up. It has become an almost pleasant drive going South on Suk from Jomtien Second Road. We have a house in Bangsaray I haven't seen for two years. I spent weeks repainting the whole of the outside then returned to the UK for a family visit I expected to be three months. Then my hip started to go tits up. Back in the Spring. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiFlyer Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 8 minutes ago, Jambo said: We have a house in Bangsaray I haven't seen for two years. I spent weeks repainting the whole of the outside then returned to the UK for a family visit I expected to be three months. Then my hip started to go tits up. Back in the Spring. Send me a PM when you are close to being back. It would be good to meet up for a bite to eat. I will try to continue the South of Jomtien Second Road updates. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazle Posted October 3, 2023 Author Share Posted October 3, 2023 Something good might have come out of the Soi 15 fiasco! When Soi 15 was inaccessible at both ends, the sub-soi that runs between Soi Buakhao and Soi 15 was being used a lot. (Many of us refer to it as Soi Casino, for what are now only historical reasons! 🙂) Soi Casino is mostly a dirt track with bad potholes, except where it runs from Soi 15 up to between the Whisper and Kokotel hotels, where it has been concreted. I notice today that it has been blocked off where the concrete ends, and it looks like the concreting is being extended. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasseye Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 40 minutes ago, Bazle said: Something good might have come out of the Soi 15 fiasco! When Soi 15 was inaccessible at both ends, the sub-soi that runs between Soi Buakhao and Soi 15 was being used a lot. (Many of us refer to it as Soi Casino, for what are now only historical reasons! 🙂) Soi Casino is mostly a dirt track with bad potholes, except where it runs from Soi 15 up to between the Whisper and Kokotel hotels, where it has been concreted. I notice today that it has been blocked off where the concrete ends, and it looks like the concreting is being extended. Driving down that soi was like driving down the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazle Posted October 3, 2023 Author Share Posted October 3, 2023 13 minutes ago, Glasseye said: Driving down that soi was like driving down the Ho Chi Minh Trail. I haven't done the Ho Chi Minh trail, so can't comment! 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painter Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 2 hours ago, Bazle said: Something good might have come out of the Soi 15 fiasco! When Soi 15 was inaccessible at both ends, the sub-soi that runs between Soi Buakhao and Soi 15 was being used a lot. (Many of us refer to it as Soi Casino, for what are now only historical reasons! 🙂) Soi Casino is mostly a dirt track with bad potholes, except where it runs from Soi 15 up to between the Whisper and Kokotel hotels, where it has been concreted. I notice today that it has been blocked off where the concrete ends, and it looks like the concreting is being extended. I'll miss turning my ankle whilst trying to dodge the potholes, trying to figure out which is the least deep puddle... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasseye Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 12 hours ago, Bazle said: I haven't done the Ho Chi Minh trail, so can't comment! 🙂 Heard it was full of craters, sadly. 🫤 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnpat Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 I heard about them now fixing up that horrible potholed road that I was forced to use over the last few years and all I could think was "why not fix up that road BEFORE making soi 15 unusable for two years? Are they doing construction projects in reverse now? The mind boggles.. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasseye Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 3 hours ago, johnpat said: I heard about them now fixing up that horrible potholed road that I was forced to use over the last few years and all I could think was "why not fix up that road BEFORE making soi 15 unusable for two years? Are they doing construction projects in reverse now? The mind boggles.. City planning at it's finest. What's the latest on Second road "progress" ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimchibob Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 4 hours ago, johnpat said: I heard about them now fixing up that horrible potholed road that I was forced to use over the last few years and all I could think was "why not fix up that road BEFORE making soi 15 unusable for two years? Are they doing construction projects in reverse now? The mind boggles.. I believe that is a private road and doesn’t belong to the city, so the city has no control over when it gets fixed. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazle Posted October 4, 2023 Author Share Posted October 4, 2023 5 minutes ago, kimchibob said: I believe that is a private road and doesn’t belong to the city, so the city has no control over when it gets fixed. I think you are probably correct, and the hotels paid for the existing road. But that leads to the question: who is paying for the new works? It sounds likely to me that there will be building on that waste ground in the near future. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimchibob Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 2 minutes ago, Bazle said: I think you are probably correct, and the hotels paid for the existing road. But that leads to the question: who is paying for the new works? It sounds likely to me that there will be building on that waste ground in the near future. I heard an outdoor market will be built. Not sure on which side though. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazle Posted October 4, 2023 Author Share Posted October 4, 2023 6 minutes ago, kimchibob said: I heard an outdoor market will be built. Not sure on which side though. Just what Pattaya needs - more markets and more beer bars! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fforest Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 2 hours ago, Bazle said: Just what Pattaya needs - more markets and more beer bars! I can't find an Indian Restaurant or weed shop anywhere...Please help... 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siam Addict Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 Last December I noticed large trucks taking soil from the road works on Second road up Soi 15 and to a field of this Soi, would these lorries be allowed on a private Soi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazle Posted October 6, 2023 Author Share Posted October 6, 2023 At last they seem to be re-building the steps from Soi 15 into the back of Avenue Mall. 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazle Posted October 7, 2023 Author Share Posted October 7, 2023 Some interesting developments at The Bay on Beach Road this afternoon: Sex, pot and burgers! What more could you want! P.S. McDonald's: You have my permission to use this picture in your promotional material if you wish. 😀 1 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimchibob Posted October 7, 2023 Share Posted October 7, 2023 15 minutes ago, Bazle said: Some interesting developments at The Bay on Beach Road this afternoon: Sex, pot and burgers! What more could you want! P.S. McDonald's: You have my permission to use this picture in your promotional material if you wish. 😀 And, you can exchange your money while you’re there. 😝 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tko Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 The Pattaya News is reporting that soi Buakhao is to be converted to one way within the next week or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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