webfact Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Pattaya: New motorway set to open! Free in May - 130 baht from Bangkok to U-Tapao in August Picture: We Love Pattaya The new section of motorway from Pattaya to Maptaphut is very nearly ready for service. We Love Pattaya said on Facebook that the highways department have been speeding up and are bang on schedule. Trial runs for free can be made in May when the new section will be open to the public. Picture: We Love Pattaya In August the full toll from Bangkok to U-Tapao, where there is an airport, will be 130 baht. The media said that the new road is part of the economic and tourism development of the Eastern Economic Corridor that includes Pattaya and the eastern seaboard. Connections from the airport to an industrial estate will be following in the future as the EEC plans take shape. Source: We Love Pattaya -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2020-02-14 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post spiekerjozef Posted February 14, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 14, 2020 Is this a picture of the predicted high season of next year? 2 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mikebell Posted February 14, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 14, 2020 Hopefully it will reduce the number of police victims on Sukhumvit. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murikamba Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 3 minutes ago, mikebell said: Hopefully it will reduce the number of police victims on Sukhumvit. Police vistims becuase many tourists want to drive motor cycle without a license. Yes, yes, yes many Thais also don't have licenses. But it is their country and they should get some concessions. Why farangs will enjoy they same concessions? 1 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bkk6060 Posted February 14, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 14, 2020 I guess if one is driving to Rayong or Sattahip, this will save some time. But, I do not get the excitement of their comments of taking it from BKK to UTP. Maybe I am missing something. If a person is in BKK with 2 much larger airports and flight options, why drive 90 minutes+ to UTP for a flight? 4 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiekerjozef Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 5 minutes ago, bkk6060 said: Maybe I am missing something. If a person is in BKK with 2 much larger airports and flight options, why drive 90 minutes+ to UTP for a flight? Not being denied entry? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post gargamon Posted February 14, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 14, 2020 9 minutes ago, bkk6060 said: If a person is in BKK with 2 much larger airports and flight options, why drive 90 minutes+ to UTP for a flight? If you build it, they will come... 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 1 hour ago, mikebell said: Hopefully it will reduce the number of police victims on Sukhumvit. They often set up a stop heading south very near to those red and white barriers seen in the photo above in the mornings then in the evening going north at the police box just before the Ambassador hotel...they seem to like "white faces" but will stop Thais not wearing a helmet too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Looks like someone has been doing circular burnouts on that bit of road,Sukhumvit often sounds like a race track. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinca tinca Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 and who is going to do a free TRIAL RUN ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Vacuum Posted February 14, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 14, 2020 3 hours ago, bkk6060 said: I guess if one is driving to Rayong or Sattahip, this will save some time. But, I do not get the excitement of their comments of taking it from BKK to UTP. Maybe I am missing something. If a person is in BKK with 2 much larger airports and flight options, why drive 90 minutes+ to UTP for a flight? 3 hours ago, spiekerjozef said: Not being denied entry? But the person would be leaving Thailand. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane Dough Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 4 hours ago, bkk6060 said: I guess if one is driving to Rayong or Sattahip, this will save some time. But, I do not get the excitement of their comments of taking it from BKK to UTP. Maybe I am missing something. If a person is in BKK with 2 much larger airports and flight options, why drive 90 minutes+ to UTP for a flight? Maybe they are going the other way, desperately needing to get away from the eastern seaboard? Rooster 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefaultName Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Oh good, another bit of road I'm banned from (bike). ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinca tinca Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 22 hours ago, bkk6060 said: I guess if one is driving to Rayong or Sattahip, this will save some time. But, I do not get the excitement of their comments of taking it from BKK to UTP. Maybe I am missing something. If a person is in BKK with 2 much larger airports and flight options, why drive 90 minutes+ to UTP for a flight? flight times from U T P might suit anyone driving down to U T P !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinca tinca Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 so how much will the toll be from Pattaya to U T P ????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebell Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 21 hours ago, johng said: They often set up a stop heading south very near to those red and white barriers seen in the photo above in the mornings then in the evening going north at the police box just before the Ambassador hotel...they seem to like "white faces" but will stop Thais not wearing a helmet too. They never once set up shop outside their own station by the Courts to catch the five red light runners at every change; nor the speedsters bombing past at 150 kph. Loss of revenue more important than loss of life. The offence of 'Driving while in possession of a white face' is soon to be included in the newly re-written constitution. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IAMHERE Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Did the Chinese make money off this roadway? If they did I'm gonna call this a win for the Silk part of the belt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinca tinca Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, mikebell said: They never once set up shop outside their own station by the Courts to catch the five red light runners at every change; nor the speedsters bombing past at 150 kph. Loss of revenue more important than loss of life. The offence of 'Driving while in possession of a white face' is soon to be included in the newly re-written constitution. use some make up on face.....brown or black then !! Edited February 15, 2020 by tinca tinca wrong spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkk6060 Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 2 hours ago, tinca tinca said: flight times from U T P might suit anyone driving down to U T P !!! Driving to UTP for what? The flights are very limited from UTP. Why would someone spend 1000 b + on a taxi and 90+ minutes when 20 times the number of flights (chiang mai for example) to similar and many more destinations are leaving from BKK airports? But, good luck with it if it makes sense to you. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve187 Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 8 hours ago, bkk6060 said: Driving to UTP for what? The flights are very limited from UTP. Why would someone spend 1000 b + on a taxi and 90+ minutes when 20 times the number of flights (chiang mai for example) to similar and many more destinations are leaving from BKK airports? But, good luck with it if it makes sense to you. good for us that live near to utp to get to Bangkok or bkk, saving maybe 20/25 minutes off the journey via the 3, 332, 331, 36 roads 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leaver Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 (edited) 27 minutes ago, steve187 said: good for us that live near to utp to get to Bangkok or bkk, saving maybe 20/25 minutes off the journey via the 3, 332, 331, 36 roads That's about 5.77 baht cost per minute in time you save. No problem for farang, but will the Thai's pay to use it? Edited February 15, 2020 by Leaver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susco Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 3 minutes ago, Leaver said: 21 minutes ago, steve187 said: good for us that live near to utp to get to Bangkok or bkk, saving maybe 20/25 minutes off the journey via the 3, 332, 331, 36 roads That's about 5.77 baht cost per minute in time you save. No problem for farang, but will the Thai's use it? Yes your right, I often use the highways in Thailand, and very rarely see any Thais using them. ( sarcasm ) By the way his savings are much higher, because 130 Baht is the price for the whole trajectory, and before the highway opens he has to pay from road #36 to Bangkok anyway. Not sure how much that is but I think easily half of that 130 Baht Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leaver Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 1 minute ago, Susco said: Yes your right, I often use the highways in Thailand, and very rarely see any Thais using them. ( sarcasm ) By the way his savings are much higher, because 130 Baht is the price for the whole trajectory, and before the highway opens he has to pay from road #36 to Bangkok anyway. Not sure how much that is but I think easily half of that 130 Baht I didn't take into account gasoline savings blah blah. It's all small baht for farang. I don't care either way if the Thai's use it, or not. I just posed the question to the thread if members think Thai's will pay 130 baht to use it, and if they don't, that makes for a long motorway white elephant. Time will tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susco Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Leaver said: I just posed the question to the thread if members think Thai's will pay 130 baht to use it, and if they don't, that makes for a long motorway white elephant. Nobody has to pay 130 Baht because the new part of the highway is less than half of that. Take note, Steve187's 25 minutes saving is from Utapoa to where the now already existing highway starts Edited February 15, 2020 by Susco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve187 Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 37 minutes ago, Susco said: Yes your right, I often use the highways in Thailand, and very rarely see any Thais using them. ( sarcasm ) By the way his savings are much higher, because 130 Baht is the price for the whole trajectory, and before the highway opens he has to pay from road #36 to Bangkok anyway. Not sure how much that is but I think easily half of that 130 Baht its 100 thb at the moment from the 36 to bkk, so its an extra 30 baht 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratcatcher Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 And soon they will have competition from............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leaver Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 9 minutes ago, steve187 said: its 100 thb at the moment from the 36 to bkk, so its an extra 30 baht Same question. Will Thai's pay to use it? Time will tell. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve187 Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 32 minutes ago, Leaver said: Same question. Will Thai's pay to use it? Time will tell. what you think its only guests in the country that drive on the toll roads, the Thais built it so the Thais will come 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebell Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 22 hours ago, tinca tinca said: use some make up on face.....brown or black then !! Because of my surname, my nickname at school was the same as yours only spelled like the fairy friend of the boy who never grew up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baansgr Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 Long may it continue, prices of property in Bang Saray, Sattahip and Rayong have plummeted due to the over development on the back of the hype about the Eastern Seaboard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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