After the rosy stories comes the reality - new Pattaya beach being washed away

[Chang_paarp]

1 hour ago, NanLaew said:

AFAIK, there's never, ever been 35 m of sand at the extreme north end of Pattaya Bay just south of the headland where the Dusit was built. The natural longshore drift in conjunction with that headland just doesn't allow it. The only way they will get sand to stick is build groynes.

 

Stop using logic on this subject. It spoils a good thread and the Thai authorities might read it and get ideas..... before going to the pub for thinking too much.

[Snow Leopard]

13 minutes ago, Chang_paarp said:

 

Stop using logic on this subject. It spoils a good thread and the Thai authorities might read it and get ideas..... before going to the pub for thinking too much.

No logic needed. Someone somewhere must have a stake in these types companies.

 

• Sand Quarry.
• Trucking Company
• Plant rental or a construction business.

On going repeat business

[IAMHERE]

2 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

MY GOD. I hope Soi Six is going to be ok.

Probably will; I've noticed in Pattaya sand mostly flows downhill and garbage mostly stays put. ?

[StayinThailand2much]

3 hours ago, taichiplanet said:

wow, didn't see that coming! ?

Saw it coming, but even quicker than I expected... ?

[Lupatria]

3 hours ago, Xaos said:

Poland Baltic sea this weekend

No Thailand 4.0 project could have ever been washed away by the sea. It must have been Polish tourists who stole the Pattaya sand...

[AsiaHand]

3 hours ago, taichiplanet said:

wow, didn't see that coming! ?

Any creditable engineer involved in the restoration of a beach would have know about the preparation so this wouldn't have happened.Of course when you can obtain your credentials through hook or crook this is what you get.

[hotchilli]

400 million baht... that's a very expensive hole in the foot!!!

or should I say hole on the beach?

[Cake Monster]

3 hours ago, lovelomsak said:

So what's next?  I think there is no answer for Pattaya. It will just fade away and become an old    resort city. that lost its attraction.

Pattaya has already lost its attraction for many people.

And I do not refer to the beach.

[digbeth]

I heard that they want to put in a pipe from the road out to sea for storm water drain to stop exactly this kind of run off erosion, but the big hotel next to that corner blocked it, as any pipe that spew murky water, (which although is not sewage) in the water is bound to look bad/worse that what it already is

[mok199]

sadly this attempt may be the last,as now the beach is linned with sand bags that are buried under 12inches of sand,,after the first rain these will be exposed ,but this renewal was only to accommodate the power boats(the tour groups own that run the tours to and from the island and parasial), to keep them a distance from the beach chairs ....pattaya beach is nothing more than a boat launch...it died 5 years ago when the Chinese arrived and this brain fart of a plan is just the death blow..but the good news is ''we have the most honest taxi drivers in the world

[Sir Dude]

The beach from the Baltic coast in Poland looks like a ghastly experience....not my style at all. As for Pattaya and the beach replenishment project, did they even consult a coastal environment expert before launching off into this project as looks like a complete screw-up? Sorry, rhetorical question...hmmm.

 

 

 

[pokerface1]

7 hours ago, lovelomsak said:

Definitely would not go to that beach I hate beachs with crowds.

Toilets on the left ......queues on the right

[chama]

An engineering feat to be sure! Oh...I intended to say folly. I guess covering up all of the trash didn't work. Maybe pushing the sand into the sea and covering up some of the sewage will help? 

[lespaulTV]

I guess water is Thailand's achilles heel?

[digbeth]

 

This is a beach in Rayong, so somewhere in Thailand there's someone who knows what a groynes is and does

[fakename]

This problem is so easy to solve, and im sure they are already planing. Just buy 400m baht of sand. That will keep everyone happy and build a few more nice homes, and a few more cars.

[pegman]

9 hours ago, Snow Leopard said:

No logic needed. Someone somewhere must have a stake in these types companies.

 

• Sand Quarry.
• Trucking Company
• Plant rental or a construction business.

On going repeat business

 

9 hours ago, Snow Leopard said:

No logic needed. Someone somewhere must have a stake in these types companies.

 

• Sand Quarry.
• Trucking Company
• Plant rental or a construction business.

On going repeat business

No worries, Godfather Somchai has these and more covered. Now that he is back out of jail and has his sons working in the Green's "government" all is back to normal in the eastern seaboard.

[gaff]

what are they waiting to find a real solution ?!

 

 

[gaff]

3 hours ago, digbeth said:

 

This is a beach in Rayong, so somewhere in Thailand there's someone who knows what a groynes is and does

 

Is is from a brochure ? in reality it also looks like a dump !

 

 

 

 

[shy coconut]

3 hours ago, digbeth said:

 

This is a beach in Rayong, so somewhere in Thailand there's someone who knows what a groynes is and does

I'm not sure they are groynes, the rocky structures look more like breakwaters to prevent

storm damage head on. Groynes are designed to stop erosion by longshore drift.

[Thian]

Who builds an elevated beach on sandbags???? And that for 400 million baht!

 

Was it too hard to order a load of rocks or even concrete blocks as foundation?

 

Just have a look at Sentosa Island Singapore, that's how you build beaches...

[Thechook]

14 hours ago, Destiny1990 said:

So now who’s responsible this failure?

The usual suspects, probably tourists building to many sand castles 

[mikebell]

19 hours ago, webfact said:

the 400 million baht of sand is already being washed into the sea.

The supposed 400 million baht hasn't washed away; it's been siphoned off.

[Xaos]

Definitely would not go to that beach I hate beachs with crowds.

Yea but think tourism and numbers.

[manhood]

Any kind of "project" in Thailand done,  controlled or organized by governmental agencies is just to be done to fill up private pockets!!!!!! 

[essox essox]

complete waste of time and BIG money......even King Canute could NOT stop the tide.....and no one will ever do so !!!

[Bangkok Barry]

What's the definition of insanity? Doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.

 

Of course, it might be entirely intentional, as I'm sure money is to be made each time the sand is replaced. Like the new roads that are laid and have to be re-tarmacked a few weeks later. and then again a few weeks after that. Surely Thais couldn't be so stupid as to not know how to do these jobs properly.

Oh, wait..... ?

[overherebc]

Spread a rumour that the higher bits left are covering piles of shrimp in bags. Afer half an hour all the high bits will have been shoved into the low bits.

Level sand done for free. ?

[ChrisY1]

River sand for beaches......what a waste!

It's a shame the engineering skills here are very poor......but someone made a lot of money...now a new budget for sand replacement on the cards!

[thaiguzzi]

23 hours ago, webfact said:

that the 400 million baht of sand is already being washed into the sea

A few got very rich out of this.

Pi$$ up.

Brewery.

Organize.

Cannot.

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Surely there is paperwork for this 400 mil?

Surely Mr P in his all encompassing busy bee sort- out-every-little-problem of this country could check up on just a weansy peansy bit of corruption here.

I mean, deck chairs seemed easy enough....