Rimmer Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Arunothai neighbors fix flooding problem Pattaya City Hall didn’t PATTAYA:--Central Pattaya residents again put their hands in their pockets to resolve flooding problems unresolved by the city’s spending of nearly 3 million baht on a sewer project. Amnuay Muangthong, vice president of the Soi Arunothai Community, said Pattaya spent 1.9 million baht to rebuild sois Charoensuk and Udomsuk and lay new drainage pipes to resolve chronic flooding. The construction finished in January but the flooding didn’t. Drains installed at each end of Soi Arunothai are too small, sending water shooting down the small sidestreets, just as it did before. In May, 10 furious families, who already put up with damaging floods and months of roadwork disruptions, banded together and bought four cubic meters of readymade concrete to create “water bumps” at the mouths of their streets to block most water from coming down their sois. On July 16, 10 more families did the same on Soi Udomsuk. -- PATTAYA MAIL 2019-07-19— Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 41 minutes ago, Rimmer said: banded together and bought four cubic meters of readymade concrete to create “water bumps” at the mouths of their streets to block most water from coming down their sois. What's the betting that the council says these are illegal and removes them ???? ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enoon Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 19 minutes ago, johng said: What's the betting that the council says these are illegal and removes them ???? ???? About the same as that for them causing more flood problems than they solve. Perhaps for someone else (which will, of course, be of no concern whatsoever to the residents of Soi Arunothai). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardColeman Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 1 hour ago, Rimmer said: bought four cubic meters of readymade concrete to create “water bumps” at the mouths of their streets to block most water from coming down their sois It may be pointing out the obvious, but isn't that just sending the water to another place to be 'somebody else's problem' ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwonitoy Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 And when the water gets high enough the water bumps will become water retention devices Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reigntax Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Look like car prevention berms also... or launch ramps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffggi Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 But this kind of action does not solve the problem, it only moves it onto someone or some place else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 1 hour ago, johng said: What's the betting that the council says these are illegal and removes them ???? ???? If they attack that issue with the usual promptness I guess nobody needs worry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrik Andersen Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 I love when Thai people say they fix something..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoorSucker Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Aronathai is also a nice Chinese village in North West Chiang Mai on the border to Burma. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldrunner Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 We solved our flood problem by purchasing our home on a tall soi, sorry for the folks below. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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