Pattaya's Bali Hai mess: City Hall say they'll repair it themselves and bill the original contractors

 

Image: Sophon Cable TV

 

Sophon Cable TV continued to report on the mess that is the port of rejuvenated and refurbished port of Bali Hai in south Pattaya.

 

They said that the National Council for Peace and Order (the military government under Prayut Chan-ocha) had called for order in the area, land reclamation, landscaping and the creation of a tourism "landmark" in 2017.

 

City hall threw 95 million at the project - 13 million at improvements to the terminal building and 81 million to the rest of the area (the one million baht discrepancy was not explained in Sophon's report on Facebook).

 

In very little time the whole area has turned into a completely unusable mess that is not fit for purpose. Walkways have gaping holes and the famous dancing fountains don't even work.

 

Now Kiatsak Sriwonchai from City Hall said that work to improve bus parking and access is either finished or in progress. 

Civil engineers have also hit on the idea of using reinforced concrete.

 

Experts are being brought in to sort out the fountain. 

 

The plan to do all this was decided in August and that was within the insurance period agreed with the previous contractors.

They have to put it right. 

 

If they can't then city hall will do all the work themselves then give them the bill.

 

Source: Sophon Cable TV

 

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So who inspected and signed off the contract as completed...another buffoon at City Hall

Just remove all the broken wood walkway and replace with concrete, keep it simple so they don't screw it up

As usual, oversight by an experience CPA, with a background in construction, and completely independent politically. As if. 

37 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

Now Kiatsak Sriwonchai from City Hall said that work to improve bus parking and access is either finished or in progress. 

 

Yes, bus parking absolutely needs to be Pattaya's number one priority....you can't have a premier, world-class holiday destination without lots of buses.

 

 

 

On the upside that half build condo tower  making it all match perfectly..????

Yes, I am sure there are good intentions to BILL them but they won't PAY it...

 

3 hours ago, rooster59 said:

the famous dancing fountains don't even work.

How can they be famous if they don't work? 

Turn it into a mini Indianapolis racetrack for snail racing .. world class that would be ..

8 minutes ago, Justgrazing said:

Turn it into a mini Indianapolis racetrack for snail racing .. world class that would be ..

I bet someone will eat the ones in the lead.

38 minutes ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

How can they be famous if they don't work? 

They are a testament to the good governance here.  ????

2 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

I bet someone will eat the ones in the lead.

 

The French are banned so it should be safe at the mo' .. 

On seconds thoughts IF the eastern hordes ever descend they might well lose the whole field .. 

5 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Sophon Cable TV continued to report on the mess that is the port of rejuvenated and refurbished port of Bali Hai in south Pattaya.

Should re-name it blo*dy hell port.

1 hour ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

How can they be famous if they don't work? 

In-famous?

5 hours ago, rooster59 said:

City hall threw 95 million at the project - 13 million at improvements to the terminal building and 81 million to the rest of the area (the one million baht discrepancy was not explained in Sophon's report on Facebook).

One can have a guess.

The inmates are running this asylum.

6 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

Just remove all the broken wood walkway and replace with concrete, keep it simple so they don't screw it up

are you sure of this??

NO money to tear down that behemoth 

The whole thing was a rushed bodgy job ordered by Prayut to show off for the ASEAN 50th anniversary. 
 

He took it very seriously, the hooker bars were all ordered to be discreet, they actually cleaned up a few sois and cleaned out and fixed a lot of drains using prisoners. 
And removed all the boats and businesses that had previously used the Bali Hai area. 
They spent months and millions preparing for it. It was still before the “election” so Prayut was trying to get some international cred. It was his big day.
 

On the day of the big parade, a mid sized storm hit Pattaya for about half an hour. It had cleared before the parade, but the run off from the dark side made its way down, the rubbish re blocked the drains and it flooded beach road at just the wrong time. 
 

 Some countries refused to let their seamen march in the filthy, semen contaminated water that was cumming out of the hundreds of short time rooms in the area and other places. Others did and marched through the cesspit in their parade uniforms.
 

It didn’t rain on Prayuts big parade, but it was good enough. It was very funny.

 

 

"Civil engineers have also hit on the idea of using reinforced concrete."

Wow. I wonder what other technological innovations they will think of

17 hours ago, rooster59 said:

If they can't then city hall will do all the work themselves

I can see that working, NOT.

All I see is ugly concrete, pity.

Just rename it "After the war" theme park and hey presto a world class tourist attraction is born ????

19 hours ago, petermik said:

So who inspected and signed off the contract as completed...another buffoon at City Hall

That's where the missing million went.

20 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

Just remove all the broken wood walkway and replace with concrete, keep it simple so they don't screw it up

They'll still screw it up. 

17 hours ago, Destiny1990 said:

On the upside that half build condo tower  making it all match perfectly..????

it is a world class tourist attraction. they come and look and think....."I could have had a loom, with great sea views, and eventually watch ALL the CRUISE SHIPS....that are going to visit" 

I thought the area was designed to fall apart so it would match the decaying skyscraper in the background.

1 minute ago, Henryford said:

I thought the area was designed to fall apart so it would match the decaying skyscraper in the background.

I bet on it that it will be finished within the next years - whatever it takes. Look at the Walking Street. So many buildings should not be there. But they are there and have been used for doing business as long as I can remember. 

18 hours ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

How can they be famous if they don't work? 

Hell I live here and I never saw the fountains work once EVER....I guess they worked for at least a few hours or days because there are pictures of the fountains working...

Prayut Chan-ocha) had called for order in the area, land reclamation, landscaping and the creation of a tourism "landmark" in 2017.

 

The Big Blue parking lot we were told was going to be turned into a world class Park----------You know the kind with trees grass shrubs flowers.......And all we got was a  flat BLUE turd of a un-used useless parking lot....