Transportation projects to help transform Pattaya into state of the art metropolis

[webfact]

Transportation projects to help transform Pattaya into  state of the art metropolis

 

Picture: Manager

 

Pattaya - so long a backwater stuck in the past, especially when compared to go-ahead Bangkok - is set to be dragged screaming and kicking into the 21st century.

 

Pictures published by Thai media site Manager show what transport arrangements could be like before the decade is out if plans to develop the Eastern Economic Corridor come to fruition.

 

Picture: Manager

 

The plan is to connect Pattaya to Bangkok where huge infrastructure projects including many suburban train lines have been building for the last decade. 

 

The high speed train packing speeds of 250 kms will provide a modern link from Don Muang airport to U-Tapao via Pattaya.

 

Picture: Manager

 

On the way it will make stops at the amazing new Grand Central Bang Sue station that is a soon to be open hub with connections to other parts of Thailand.

 

Then it will speed its way to the eastern seaboard via Suvarnabhumi Airport. 

 

Pattaya - not to be outdone by the development elsewhere - will be revolutionizing its own transport systems with a monorail and other infrastructure to improve its famously static and old fashioned traffic. 

 

Now it has been decided to shift the location of the high speed train stop to the Huay Kwang area so a new study is underway as to how this will fit in with the monorail scheme. 

 

The route will have to be altered so more money will be spent on a study and its environmental impact and suitability. 

 

Other news reports suggest that Pattaya is also trialling electric baht buses (song thaews) and electric vehicles at its port.

 

The once antiquated Bali Hai area is also enjoying a 21st century upgrade. 

 

Mayor Sontaya Khunpluem is determined to rid his city of the tag of "also-guy" known only for its sex industry at night.

 

He wants a family friendly, tourist mega city with links not just to Thailand but directly to the outside world. 

 

Now it looks as though before the 2020s are out, Pattaya will finally be modernized and become a child of the new century. 

 

 

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[canopus1969]

What planet are these people on ?

[NCC1701A]

Pattaya 2041. "You want massage? Where you go? I go with you."

 

actually when I see these kinds of stories I think wow now is the time to buy a condo in Pattaya. but then I remember where I am. 

 

they are getting really good with photoshop. 4.0 

[bluesofa]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

so long a backwater stuck in the past, especially when compared to go-ahead Bangkok

'backwater' seems the correct word to describe it, when millions have been wasted over the years on drainage and alleged flood prevention.

[PatOngo]

1 hour ago, canopus1969 said:

What planet are these people on ?

Planet Thailand!

[PatOngo]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Pattaya - so long a backwater stuck in the past

At least someone is in touch with reality!

[Kerryd]

"The once antiquated Bali Hai area"

I can't remember exactly when the Bali Hai pier was built but sheesh, it wasn't built that long ago ! I remember back when the only pier was the one at the other end of Walking St, around where the sewage pumping station is.

Then again, these are the same people who started to dig up Walking St with (apparently) no idea of what was under it. (I guess it never occurred to any of them what all those drains along the street were for or why Walking St never seemed to flood).
When they started digging they came across "ancient pipes" that they decided "served no purpose" (probably because they were dry as it hadn't rained in weeks and most of the businesses there had been shut for as long or longer).

It wouldn't surprise me if they came along and stated that they had no idea why the ("antiquated") Bali Hai pier was there or who built it.

But, progress is inevitable. Pretty much every "modern" big city in the world started out as a tiny village and went through generations (centuries) of growth and headaches before they became the "modern" cities they now are.
No different here. Come back in 50, 60 years and you'd be amazed at the mass transit systems and the "modern" look of the place. Meanwhile, people at that time, in their 20s/30s, would be looking around thinking everything looked "antiquated" compared with bigger, more modern cities. (And they'd be bitching and whining about all the proposed new projects just like people are doing now.)

There is pretty much zero chance Pattaya will remain the way some people seem to think it should (i.e. back in the hey days of Walking Street from 20 years ago). 

Politicians will always throw out new ideas and concepts, complete with artist's impressions that have really no grounding in reality. It's the way things are and ever will be (and probably always was).

I can imagine grouchy bunch of old gits sitting in "Shagged Sheep" pub, whining about what a waste of time and money that new fangled "London Bridge" project was and how the money could be better spent on washing all the <deleted> off the streets from all the people crapping everywhere.

[jacko45k]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

The route will have to be altered so more money will be spent on a study and its environmental impact and suitability. 

And there we have it.......

[Kerryd]

4 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

And there we have it.......

And I'm sure no sudden new land deals had anything to do with it either............  

[maxpower]

[Xonax]

There will be no huge kickbacks without gigantic new projects, whether they are needed or not.

[Destiny1990]

Easy and fast public transport with complicated visa procedures.

[ehs818]

Pattaya won't become a first class beach resort until they deal with the pollution of sewerage that empties into the bay. Shopping malls alone will NOT be the big draw that they are hoping for....

[Guderian]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Mayor Sontaya Khunpluem is determined to rid his city of the tag of "also-guy" known only for its sex industry at night.

 

Hey, there's a thousand beach resorts around the world with better beaches and cleaner seas than Pattaya, you have to learn to play to your strengths and it doesn't seem to have served Pattaya too badly over the last half-century or so. Maybe it's time to move on from that, I don't know, but if so then you'd better be pretty certain that you've got something better to replace it, not just some shiny trains.

[mr_lob]

[wombat]

420 has only just been legalised, isn't it to early for 420 dreams?

[Tarteso]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

transform Pattaya into  state of the art metropolis

The future of Go Go bar 

[hotchilli]

6 hours ago, canopus1969 said:

What planet are these people on ?

Apparently it could be the moon.

[mrfill]

3 hours ago, ehs818 said:

Pattaya won't become a first class beach resort until they deal with the pollution of sewerage that empties into the bay. Shopping malls alone will NOT be the big draw that they are hoping for....

 

It would also help if they had a beach that actually stayed in place ....

[thailand49]

8 hours ago, canopus1969 said:

What planet are these people on ?

They smoking that China Opium! as soon as they get their heads out of their ass!????

[digger70]

9 hours ago, webfact said:

Transportation projects to help transform Pattaya into  state of the art metropolis

It's a good thought but it's only a dream or they are on Drugs to come up with something like this.

Wait till Reality catches  up with them.   ????

[Jen65]

[newnative]

Lots of talk, lots of 'studying', very little action.

[brianthainess]

On 3/8/2021 at 10:02 AM, webfact said:

The route will have to be altered so more money will be spent on a study and its environmental impact and suitability. 

Says it all.

[brianthainess]

On 3/8/2021 at 11:16 AM, bluesofa said:

On 3/8/2021 at 10:02 AM, webfact said:

so long a backwater stuck in the past, especially when compared to go-ahead Bangkok

'backwater' seems the correct word to describe it, when millions have been wasted over the years on drainage and alleged flood prevention.

Maybe Blackwater would be a better word to describe it.

[Kerryd]

22 minutes ago, brianthainess said:

Maybe Blackwater would be a better word to describe it.

You mean as in like what was flowing into Pattaya Bay last June after a rainstorm and not the former private security company I presume.

 

[brianthainess]

1 minute ago, Kerryd said:

You mean as in like what was flowing into Pattaya Bay last June after a rainstorm and not the former private security company I presume.

 

Ok got it; Blackwaters-on-Sea, Thai version of Blackpool. ???? 

[Harveyboy]

have these numbnuts been to Pattaya recently  who is going to use all this new interstructure the dozen noodle sellers on beach road .....  rice for brains.....no one there wont be for many many years sad but true

[Harveyboy]

have these numbnuts been to Pattaya recently  who is going to use all this new interstructure the dozen noodle sellers on beach road .....  no one there wont be for many many years sad but true

[Leaver]

On 3/10/2021 at 12:14 PM, Harveyboy said:

.....no one there wont be for many many years sad but true

No, no no.  They will vaccinate 1 million Thai's everyday, for 45 days straight, then open the borders.   ????