forcebwithu Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 Beach erosion update after the high northerly winds this week. Most of the beach looks fine with only moderate erosion on about 700m of the south end. They've given up on using the debris strainers. Sluice gate repairs look like they're holding ok for now. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 And so it begins, the next round of beach "improvements". 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 Does Beach Road still flood if there is a very heavy thunderstorm or is that cured now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 (edited) 1 minute ago, Jambo said: Does Beach Road still flood if there is a very heavy thunderstorm or is that cured now? Yes it still floods, but with the pumps they have in place and the larger drains underground the flood waters recede faster than before. Edited August 14, 2021 by forcebwithu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazle Posted August 14, 2021 Author Share Posted August 14, 2021 4 hours ago, forcebwithu said: And so it begins, the next round of beach "improvements". https://thepattayanews.com/2021/08/12/update-on-several-planned-pattaya-projects-extreme-sports-area-near-bali-hai-pattaya-beach-renovation-and-sports-center/ Pattaya City has started the renovation of North Pattaya to South Pattaya Beach at a distance of 2.7 kilometers. Mr. Kietisak Siwongchai, the Pattaya City Deputy Administrative Chief Officer, told The Pattaya News, “We have hired the Nong Nooch Landscape & Garden Design Co., Ltd. to renovate the beach since August 6th of this year which is expected to be finished in November 2023 (Yes, over two years). The total budget is set at 116,100,000 baht.” “This long-term project is designed to refresh and recover the beach and beach walkway area and make it welcoming again once tourists return, which we expect to see widescale tourism next year. We have to quickly develop tourism places and prepare to welcome tourists. Facilities near the beach will have to be all renovated. ” Kietisak explained. This ambitious plan includes underground bathrooms, exercise areas, plenty of seating spots and shade/trees, repaired sidewalks, plenty of shrubbery and plants, a children’s playground, better lighting, more space for parking, room for food cart vendors, handicap spaces and access, and much more. The project was originally planned to start last year but was delayed, according to officials because of Covid-19. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freee!! Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 37 minutes ago, Bazle said: https://thepattayanews.com/2021/08/12/update-on-several-planned-pattaya-projects-extreme-sports-area-near-bali-hai-pattaya-beach-renovation-and-sports-center/ Pattaya City has started the renovation of North Pattaya to South Pattaya Beach at a distance of 2.7 kilometers. Mr. Kietisak Siwongchai, the Pattaya City Deputy Administrative Chief Officer, told The Pattaya News, “We have hired the Nong Nooch Landscape & Garden Design Co., Ltd. to renovate the beach since August 6th of this year which is expected to be finished in November 2023 (Yes, over two years). The total budget is set at 116,100,000 baht.” “This long-term project is designed to refresh and recover the beach and beach walkway area and make it welcoming again once tourists return, which we expect to see widescale tourism next year. We have to quickly develop tourism places and prepare to welcome tourists. Facilities near the beach will have to be all renovated. ” Kietisak explained. This ambitious plan includes underground bathrooms, exercise areas, plenty of seating spots and shade/trees, repaired sidewalks, plenty of shrubbery and plants, a children’s playground, better lighting, more space for parking, room for food cart vendors, handicap spaces and access, and much more. The project was originally planned to start last year but was delayed, according to officials because of Covid-19. Those guys from Nong Nooch have done some pretty good work at Nong Nooch, so that is a positive. But underground bathrooms near Beach Road? Won't those flood with every rain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 38 minutes ago, Freee!! said: Those guys from Nong Nooch have done some pretty good work at Nong Nooch, so that is a positive. But underground bathrooms near Beach Road? Won't those flood with every rain? Agree Nong Nooch does some nice looking landscaping. As for underground bathrooms, they'll have to build the entrances high enough to avoid the worst of the flooding. Think steps up before going down. A bigger problem I foresee with underground bathrooms, or any public bathrooms for that matter is keeping them clean. They'll probably reek of piss and shit within a few months of being built. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yessongs Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 2 hours ago, forcebwithu said: Agree Nong Nooch does some nice looking landscaping. As for underground bathrooms, they'll have to build the entrances high enough to avoid the worst of the flooding. Think steps up before going down. A bigger problem I foresee with underground bathrooms, or any public bathrooms for that matter is keeping them clean. They'll probably reek of piss and shit within a few months of being built. Hate to be cynical, but 2023? Even for Thailand standards, that seems like an incredibly long time for a project like this. More room for food cart vendors? How about more room for "freelancers" ? Like all girls 50 and over, have to be here, the others somewhere else? LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lirchenfeld Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 5 hours ago, Freee!! said: Those guys from Nong Nooch have done some pretty good work at Nong Nooch, so that is a positive. But underground bathrooms near Beach Road? Won't those flood with every rain? Maybe that's how it is planned. The bathrooms will only function after the rains 🙃 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john luke Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 About 0830 am this morning, lots of activity removing some large trees from the beach. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chang_Paarp Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 That will help keep the imported sand in place. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazle Posted August 16, 2021 Author Share Posted August 16, 2021 https://www.pattayamail.com/news/downsized-pattaya-beach-facelift-begins-will-take-2-years-368002 "In addition to re-landscaping the beach itself, the project includes yet another widening of Beach Road, adding another traffic lane and 700 parking spaces. The vital north-south artery, which only was fully patched up earlier this year after an agonizingly long bout of road construction, will be ripped up once again to widen it by three meters, taking that space from the footpath. The extra lane will allow for creation of 700 parking spaces along the 2.7-kilometer stretch between the Dusit Curve and Walking Street." I don't like the sound of that. We can but hope that, if they are creating parking lanes, the tour buses etc. won't be permitted to park in a way that obstructs the other traffic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KWA Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 Latest upgrade put on hold after protests by locals, according to The Pattaya News. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CampariO Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 (edited) Didn't they (Mayor) intend to make Pattaya as great as the major European tourist sites? I guess they want to copy the promenade des anglais of Nice. Brick laying and palm trees will be easy, the clean blue water as good as impossible. Edited August 16, 2021 by CampariO 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sangsom Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 2 hours ago, CampariO said: Didn't they (Mayor) intend to make Pattaya as great as the major European tourist sites? I guess they want to copy the promenade des anglais of Nice. Brick laying and palm trees will be easy, the clean blue water as good as impossible. The water isn’t that colour in Nice, was there a couple of years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 11 hours ago, KWA said: Latest upgrade put on hold after protests by locals, according to The Pattaya News. Sure hope they're successful in stopping the cycle of destruction/reconstruction that has been happening on Beach Rd every 2-3 years. Pattaya beach remodel project paused after several prominent local residents protest 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john luke Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 Quite a bit of activity going on and completed since yesterday. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freee!! Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 Now I understand why the beach is disappearing, it isn't the sand that is flushed away but Beach Road which is encroaching more and more on the beach 😉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 Now working on concrete footings for the footpath extension. Trenching for the footings is up to Soi 1. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 Photo update from this afternoon. They've added construction barricades down to Soi 2. And trenching is now to Soi 4. 3 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 Today's excitement on Beach Rd was the removal of an old pump and iron drain pipes. There were two other flatbed trailers parked up nearby, so guessing there's quite a bit they'll be removing today. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 Latest news is the work on the beach has been suspended due to encroachment issues. Puts into doubt the Mayor's earlier assertion this was part of a multi-phase project. If it was you would expect the minor detail of encroachment would have been worked out. New recreation areas 'encroaching' on recently rebuilt Pattaya Beach The Marine Department has ordered Pattaya City to halt the building of recreational areas on the ocean side of the footpath along Beach Road because it may be in in breach of the law, a department official said. Ekarat Kantharo, director of the Regional Marine Office in Pattaya, said the work could be construed as illegal encroachment on the newly renovated beach and this needed to be sorted out. ... Pictures from this morning with no workers onsite. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Man Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 TIT TIT TIT TIT TIT TIT TIT This is Thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freee!! Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 4 hours ago, forcebwithu said: Latest news is the work on the beach has been suspended due to encroachment issues. Puts into doubt the Mayor's earlier assertion this was part of a multi-phase project. If it was you would expect the minor detail of encroachment would have been worked out. New recreation areas 'encroaching' on recently rebuilt Pattaya Beach The Marine Department has ordered Pattaya City to halt the building of recreational areas on the ocean side of the footpath along Beach Road because it may be in in breach of the law, a department official said. Ekarat Kantharo, director of the Regional Marine Office in Pattaya, said the work could be construed as illegal encroachment on the newly renovated beach and this needed to be sorted out. ... Pictures from this morning with no workers onsite. Seems they read my remark: On 8/17/2021 at 12:27 PM, Freee!! said: Now I understand why the beach is disappearing, it isn't the sand that is flushed away but Beach Road which is encroaching more and more on the beach 😉data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw== Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 Road barricades, construction security fencing along the beach, and heavy equipment all gone. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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