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[Rimmer]

Jomtien businesses want say in beach facelift

PATTAYA:--Jomtien Beach business owners have asked the city to give them a say in the shoreline’s ongoing facelift.

 

Advisor to the Jomtien Beach Free Zone Operators Sretapol Boonsawat – who also is the head of the Pattaya Legal Affairs Department – presented a letter from 157 businesses and vendors to Mayor Anan Charoenchasri Oct. 4 asking that they participate in the landscape redesign.

 

Sretapol argued that the project was initiated by Pattaya’s former leaders and that was begun without any public hearings. Business owners complained they never saw design plans in advance and had no input on impacts to either the environment or their businesses.

 

The 115-million-baht “free zone” section of the 600-million-baht Jomtien Beach overhaul is broken into two phases, the first from the Dongtan curve to Welcome World Beach Resort and Spa and wrapped up Sept. 15.

 

The 250-meter second phase runs from the hotel to the Dongtan police booth. It began in mid-September and is scheduled for completion in Januar

 

Read more: http://www.pattayamail.com/news/jomtien-businesses-want-say-beach-facelift-189411

 

-- © Copyright Pattaya Mail 2017-10-20

[RichardColeman]

21 hours ago, Rimmer said:

Jomtien Beach business owners have asked the city to give them a say in the shoreline’s ongoing facelift.

Course you can, how much do you have ? 

[Emster23]

They had no input on the previous disaster of a facelift that saw so many shade trees cut down, shoddy walk ways that collapsed at first rain, lack of any drainage, etc. Why should they listen now?

[quandow]

While they're at it, they should aim those blasted streetlights onto the streets. I live in a condo on the EIGHTH floor and have to keep my curtains closed at night for fear of getting burned by them!