Stop Panning Pattaya! Hard not to as beach is washed away after heavy rain - again

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Stop Panning Pattaya! Hard not to as beach is washed away after   heavy rain - again

 

Picture: Pattaya Update News

 

Calls have been made to "Stop Panning Pattaya" but it is hard not to after the floods on Wednesday caused yet more chaos and devastating damage to one of its pride and joys - the multi million baht beach.

 

Thaivisa's Sunday columnist Rooster coined the phrase in an attempt to get people behind the local mayor and business leaders to get Pattaya on its feet and encourage development.

 

But just an hour of rain on Wednesday afternoon left traffic chaos and flooding in many places including Sukhumvit Road, Sai 3 and Beach Road, reported Pattaya Update News. 

 

Picture: Pattaya Update News

 

At 2 am this morning they reported that the floods had subsided but published pictures of huge crevices as floodwaters had eroded the beach. 

 

And there under the cover of darkness - perhaps in an effort to avoid losing face - was a city hall JCB trying to put matters right before anyone saw it in the light of day. 

 

Mayor Sontaya Khunpluem - under increasing pressure to put things right and stop wasting budget - has his work cut out. 

 

Source: Pattaya Update News

 

 

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[ChakaKhan]

Thailand..Take the Hint...signed nature.... ????

[jacko45k]

The tragedy is that huge amounts of money are being spent and a lot of it appears to have been wasted. We keep revisiting the same problems over and over. 

[worgeordie]

They need to mix the sand with cement, that will stop it washing away ????

regards Worgeordie

[ChakaKhan]

4 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

The tragedy is that huge amounts of money are being spent and a lot of it appears to have been wasted. We keep revisiting the same problems over and over. 

The lesson is repeated until its learned......Wondering if LOS is waking to the reality of who they really are and WHOM they attract as tourists....ex Big money hiso chinese?????? Elites?

[ChakaKhan]

1 minute ago, worgeordie said:

They need to mix the sand with cement, that will stop it washing away ????

regards Worgeordie

Reminds me of the Laos border-Vientiane--where you could get a Beer Lao and dinner on mekong on a bamboo outdoor cafe...now a slab of cement and yet another walking street...sigh

 

I recall the Mekong flooding the border town a decade ago as folks ate their pigs that drowned..etc...  really lost its ambiance after they rebuilt--errr laid the cement....anyhoo...

[Phuketshrew]

Seems to be going exactly to plan ..... cha ching!

[Andy from Kent]

 

Would everybody be happier if the government simply concreted over the entire coastline in Pattaya?

 

[foreverlomsak]

59 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

The tragedy is that huge amounts of money are being spent and a lot of it appears to have been wasted. We keep revisiting the same problems over and over. 

and keep trying to solve them the same way, which keeps failing.

[petermik]

Not to worry..the next planned upgrading of Beach Rd will put and end to this and along with the promised underground toilets Patts will streak ahead of Miami in bringing tourists back...

[madmen]

Another 50 million baht Beach restoration project coming up, skim 30% off the top.. Thank you very much! 

[J Town]

59 minutes ago, madmen said:

Another 50 million baht Beach restoration project coming up, skim 30% off the top.. Thank you very much! 

Then repeat annually.

[redwood1]

1 hour ago, petermik said:

Not to worry..the next planned upgrading of Beach Rd will put and end to this and along with the promised underground toilets Patts will streak ahead of Miami in bringing tourists back...

Speaking of.......The next beach upgrade was to have started in January...Now.....Not a peep of news on what's happening with the new beach work....

[PatOngo]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

"Stop Panning Pattaya"

Oh come on, give us SOME pleasure! They ask for all they get! They've been upgrading drainage pipes along Beach Road periodically for 35 years that I can remember, they are totally incompetent and deserve criticism!

[J Town]

I really can't wrap my head around the concept of why it wouldn't be so easy to create drainage from beach road straight into the gulf. It's like 30 meters away!

[Chassa]

2 hours ago, Andy from Kent said:

 

Would everybody be happier if the government simply concreted over the entire coastline in Pattaya?

 

No! All of Thai coastline  I remember Kata And Karon beaches before concrete!

[kingofthemountain]

1 hour ago, redwood1 said:

Speaking of.......The next beach upgrade was to have started in January...Now.....Not a peep of news on what's happening with the new beach work....

they are 'actually 'busy'' starting doing the same thing on the other side, near Na Jomtiem

Rinse and reapeat, as long as the money is flowing in the right pockets, all should be ok

 

 

[PatOngo]

1 hour ago, J Town said:

I really can't wrap my head around the concept of why it wouldn't be so easy to create drainage from beach road straight into the gulf. It's like 30 meters away!

Think about it, they are total idiots!

[Golden Triangle]

7 minutes ago, PatOngo said:

Think about it, they are total idiots!

Can't argue with that statement ????

[Benmart]

5 hours ago, worgeordie said:

They need to mix the sand with cement, that will stop it washing away ????

regards Worgeordie

Except, adulterated cement will be used and will line pockets as it crumbles and is washed out to sea.

[MadMuhammad]

2 hours ago, J Town said:

I really can't wrap my head around the concept of why it wouldn't be so easy to create drainage from beach road straight into the gulf. It's like 30 meters away!

I think maybe because it the same height as sea level? Water flows downhill and there ain’t no downhill from ground level to my eye 

Edited February 18, 2021 by MadMuhammad

[decca60]

Money was like the sand ......washed away............and let's wait for the "Lomtien beach nourishment"...same same

[mr mr]

like sands through the hourglass.....so are the days of our lives.

[morrobay]

3 hours ago, J Town said:

I really can't wrap my head around the concept of why it wouldn't be so easy to create drainage from beach road straight into the gulf. It's like 30 meters away!

I guess you were  not here about 2015 there was a major project to do just that (search) . 2m pipes going out hundreds of meters offshore at North, soi6 ,and South end. Involved  crane barges, work boats and construction of sumps like  shown here. The project was not engineered correctly and as shown the pipes filled up with sand. And this latest drainpipe along Beach rd.?  I guess it's better than nothing. 

[morrobay]

2 hours ago, kingofthemountain said:

they are 'actually 'busy'' starting doing the same thing on the other side, near Na Jomtiem

Rinse and reapeat, as long as the money is flowing in the right pockets, all should be ok

 

 

Busy?? This photo was from about a month ago. Was there a few days ago and as before - no work going on whatsoever. They also have their "temporary construction trailers" community installed. There goes the neighborhood. 

[Destiny1990]

Forget about that beach who is up for some scuba diving near the Bali Hai Pier? ????

[hotchilli]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

Mayor Sontaya Khunpluem - under increasing pressure to put things right and stop wasting budget - has his work cut out. 

Time he was moved on to pastures new, and actually get someone in who knows how to do things and not just make empty promises.

[kingofthemountain]

11 minutes ago, morrobay said:

Busy?? This photo was from about a month ago. Was there a few days ago and as before - no work going on whatsoever. They also have their "temporary construction trailers" community installed. There goes the neighborhood. 

That's why i used 'the '' in my post

 

''busy'' here means they give the appearence of some work in progress

meanwhile the money is changing hands

 

When the deal will be complete, the work will finally goes with a cheap substandart realisation

(Using the money remaining) taking years to be partialy achieved and with a buch of defects, as usual

untill the next project or the next rehabilitation

 

rinse and repeat, the eternal Pattaya mantra

[vlietje]

1 hour ago, MadMuhammad said:

I think maybe because it the same height as sea level? Water flows downhill and there ain’t no downhill from ground level to my eye 

maybe for once take some advise from e.g. the Dutch, they managing living below sea level  for some 4 or 500 years now.....

[PatOngo]

5 minutes ago, vlietje said:

maybe for once take some advise from e.g. the Dutch, they managing living below sea level  for some 4 or 500 years now.....

The finger in the dyke is a bit beyond the Pattaya planners comprehension!

 

 

Edited February 18, 2021 by PatOngo