Pattaya: Mayor promises "Beauty, Order and Convenience" as Beach Road makeover takes shape

 

Picture: Siam Chon TV

 

Pattaya's strongarm mayor Sontaya Khunpluem is determined to make Pattaya a beautiful place for tourists and residents of all ages and descriptions. 

 

He told the media that Pattaya must be "greened" as much as possible to make it look highly acceptable and be fit for purpose.

 

He now has a budget of 160 million baht and will be working on Beach Road first to propel Pattaya into a modern more hopeful era. 

 

He promised three key elements: Order, Beauty and Convenience. 

 

Picture: Siam Chon TV

 

He noted that not all of the beach is currently this way and needs improvements so that it can play host to the myriad events planned for the area. 

 

Being fit for purpose means that it needs to be suitable for all people - tourists and residents alike. And he was determined that the handicapped and the aged would not be forgotten in the plans. 

 

He promised a wonderful area when the job is done that will include recreation and exercise areas. It will include ample parking for tourists.

 

Picture: Siam Chon TV

 

Underground toilets for men, women and the handicapped will conform to all standards and follow beachfront regulations to the letter.

 

TOR (Terms of Reference) are currently being worked on and contractors should all be sorted by the end of the month.

 

Work on the new Beach Road is expected to start at the end of the year. 

 

Picture: Siam Chon TV

 

Source: We Love Pattaya

 

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5 minutes ago, webfact said:

He told the media that Pattaya must be "greened" as much as possible to make it look highly acceptable and be fit for purpose.

"greened"   then why do they keep cutting down the old large shade trees and replacing them with puny palm trees that have no root system to hold the soil together and offer very little shade

 

8 minutes ago, webfact said:

Being fit for purpose means that it needs to be suitable for all people - tourists and residents alike. And he was determined that the handicapped and the aged would not be forgotten in the plans. 

seats for people to sit on  for free whilst they promenade ?

14 minutes ago, webfact said:

Work on the new Beach Road is expected to start at the end of the year. 

Laughingly called High Season!

26 minutes ago, webfact said:

Work on the new Beach Road is expected to start at the end of the year. 

And to end...???

aah the good old days when there was plenty of shade/seating and grassed banking where thai families could eat together...apart from a little renovation it was a joy....now after spending millions of baht we are left with a soulless monstrosity...but low and behold another scheme to pour more money into someones "back pockets" once again....have these people no shame

Rid the area of all the annoying soi dogs. They are pests.

Not sure this is what tourists want who frequent Pattaya?

 

More and more destinations are becoming soulless without any vibrancy and the feeling of being alive.  

 

The word #order# in the headline does not look very attractive to me.

 

Below is what I assimilate with order. 

Will the greening he talks about include stopping pumping filth into the sea, or is it just the bits on view?

Order? Platoons of uniformed thugs with automatic weapons checking 'papers'!

"He promised three key elements: Order, Beauty and Convenience."

 

The convenience might result in many beauties hanging around there and waiting for customers. But he also was talking about order. Great new things will come.

Somehow, the words order and Pattaya seem to be somewhat oxymoronic. What on earth is he referring to? Does he know something we do not? Allow the freelancers to roam the boardwalk. That is the kind of order the city needs. The gals need the income, and it improves general morale. 

1 hour ago, webfact said:

He promised three key elements: Order, Beauty and Convenience. 

The motto of the girls that hang out on Beech Road at night.

Beach road is like the Forth Bridge, they finish working on it at one end then immediately start work at the other end. 

2 hours ago, webfact said:

He told the media that Pattaya must be "greened" as much as possible to make it look highly acceptable and be fit for purpose.

The light fingered ladyboys on Beach Road will be ecstatic! ????  

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Underground toilets for men, women and the handicapped will conform to all standards and follow beachfront regulations to the letter.

They will be treated as "short time" rooms.

Ladyboys are gonna love these.....

Great he will get rid of some of the aging agogo dancers and replace them with younger and prettier ones. 

4 hours ago, webfact said:

 

Work on the new Beach Road is expected to start at the end of the year. 

to be followed by another tearing up of the road to install yet another series of storm drains that might finally work.

4 hours ago, webfact said:

He told the media that Pattaya must be "greened" as much as possible

 spliffing idea ..

17 minutes ago, NCC1701A said:

to be followed by another tearing up of the road to install yet another series of storm drains that might finally work.

No way.  If they fix it they can't continue to make money to fix it.

Promises made in Pattaya ???? ?   He forgot about making the water clean for swimming.  How about not pumping raw sewage into the sea? 

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Underground toilets

Hopefully connected with a flood warning system.

I think I would avoid them

Maybe make the road safe to cross.

So someone previously (probably his predecessor) forgot to account correctly for the target demography ! This will now be corrected with a massive line of coach parking facilities along beach road - off the coach, "please don't defecate on the ground, toilets are provided" - onto your allocated area of beach, "yes thats correct please remain within the 20 sq, m area marked by your flag bearer" - 2 hours of enforced fun then back on the coach and you will be rewarded with a large prawn buffet - as we drive off please look out of the left window and you can view a mass of unemployed beautiful Isan women, we have finally achieved the Pattaya dream - Convenience, Order and Beauty - slap myself on the back, dip my head back in the trough and ask for a promotion, all in a days work ????

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Underground toilets for men, women and the handicapped

Am I the only one that can see a danger with an underground handicapped loo on a regular flooded road ? 

The last series of improvements involved turning half of Beach Road into a parking lot, while cutting down most of the shade trees and replacing them with stunted palms. I'm not sure we need any more "improvements" from this fellow. <rolleyes>

Underground toilets...the mind boggles - and all will probably be flushed into the sea somehow.

1 hour ago, rasmus5150 said:

They will be treated as "short time" rooms.

Ladyboys are gonna love these.....

i wonder if the concession will be put up for tender?

18 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Underground toilets for men, women and the handicapped

Am I the only one that can see a danger with an underground handicapped loo on a regular flooded road ? 

They're just floating the idea at the moment.

5 hours ago, webfact said:

It will include ample parking for tourists.

5555555!

Green layers of asphalt  !