Jomtien beach restoration to cost 586 million baht

[webfact]

Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News reported that the improvements to replace sand on Jomtien beach in Pattaya were continuing. 

 

They had pictures of heavy machinery on the sands.

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Though menacing storm clouds above offered some foreboding that flooding might wash away the sands as has been seen after similar improvements were made on the main beach in Pattaya. 

 

The first phase of the Jomtien improvements to repair erosion are now 4.39% complete. 

 

Picture: Daily News

 

The Harbor Department are spending 586 million baht on this section that runs from two hotels  Jomtien Chalet to U Jomtien Pattaya - a distance of 3,575 meters.

 

The 900 day contract was signed by Italian Thai Development to run from May of last year to November of 2022.

 

Ultimately the aim is to repair 6.2 kilometers of beach.

 

Sand is being obtained from Koh Rang Kwian island 15 kilometers away from Jomtien. 

 

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[smedly]

4 minutes ago, webfact said:

reported that the improvements to replace sand on Jomtien beach in Pattaya were continuing. 

how that should read

 

reported that the improvements to replace sand on Jomtien beach in Pattaya were constant and will never end - local authorities love a budget like this 

 

 

 

[mfd101]

Have they actually heard of climate change & rising seas?

 

(Sigh!) Guess not.

 

[Tropicalevo]

Just under a thousand years ago, an English king worked out that you cannot hold back the waves.

Yet here we are............

Nice budget to play with though.

[Gottfrid]

I hope they understand that they also have to budget with lifting the city in about 10 years. Compared to that, this is a drop in the ocean.

[Pedrogaz]

Is the estimate with corruption charges included? Or are they extra? I saw a report from the world Bank in about 2010, that said they estimated about 30-50% of all government spending went in graft. Of course, there might be no corruption at all now.....:)

[joskeshake]

First buy vaccins for you're people instead put money in beaches,when tourist can't come its unnecessary to repair beaches .My wife registraties already 4 times, and every time she went its, sorry ,no have vaccins , hallllooooo

[oxforddiver]

GROYNES my dear, that's the answer.

Get with some Groynes.

[visacrack]

Meanwhile also at Jomtien Beach (Dongtan): 'They' continue to fell trees, the centre being between Rabbi Resort and the 2nd toilet building. But trees outside these limits are not safe, either. Wouldn't it be an idea to report on this, too?

[EdrigoSalvadore]

6 minutes ago, visacrack said:

Meanwhile also at Jomtien Beach (Dongtan): 'They' continue to fell trees, the centre being between Rabbi Resort and the 2nd toilet building. But trees outside these limits are not safe, either. Wouldn't it be an idea to report on this, too?

A few weeks ago I was there when a large tree blew down, the next day they had trimmed the remaining trees a bit too much, and now several of them are dead too.

Edited July 20, 2021 by EdrigoSalvadore

[Destiny1990]

Who owns ital-thai..

[balo]

586 million baht, where do they get the money from?   And how can they make sure the restoration will last ? 

[Boedog]

4.39% wow almost finished, 

Thailand reports to keep an eye out for 586million baht apparently washed out to sea

[PETERTHEEATER]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

4.39% complete

They don't use 'bean counters' just two ladies with tweezers counting grains of sand to ensure absolute accuracy in progress reporting.

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

The first phase of the Jomtien improvements to repair erosion are now 4.39% complete. 

Do they count each grain of sand?

[Espanol]

"The Harbor Department are spending 586 million baht on this section that runs from two hotels  Jomtien Chalet to U Jomtien Pattaya - a distance of 3,575 meters. "

 

 

There are only 240 meters from Jomtien Chalet to U Jomtien Pattaya: https://goo.gl/maps/vUQuxYbpyufgEP3G9

 

 

Jomtien Chalet    https://goo.gl/maps/YcvgUm5pN164iFjH9

 

U-Jomtien Pattaya https://g.page/UJomtien?share

 

 

 

 

[Cake Monster]

51 minutes ago, Boedog said:

4.39% wow almost finished, 

Thailand reports to keep an eye out for 586million baht apparently washed out to sea

586 Million Baht will certainly be being washed, but not in any Ocean.

[thailand49]

Waste of time and money but not for the muni boys who will use this project and milk it for all it worth, as soon as the first major storm comes what was spent will end up in the ocean.  You can't laid larger pipes to contain rain water then have them lead all the way to the ocean. All those Sukumvit center island storm drain lead down to just the beach! 

[LarryLEB]

The gift that keeps on giving..... endless source of you-know-what!

[KannikaP]

5 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

Just under a thousand years ago, an English king worked out that you cannot hold back the waves.

Yet here we are............

Nice budget to play with though.

And what a silly <deleted> he was!

Oops, cannot put the name of an English king. C*nut*

Edited July 20, 2021 by KannikaP

[visacrack]

3 hours ago, EdrigoSalvadore said:

A few weeks ago I was there when a large tree blew down, the next day they had trimmed the remaining trees a bit too much, and now several of them are dead too.

How do your apparently 'funny' (judged by the claqueurs) statements coincide with reality, see the photos taken late this afternoon? 

 

Asking the workers, the motive for the 'works' remains not understandable - or does someone know what 'because linding' means?  Otherwise, they refer to a big boss. 

 

On the last photo, the organisation of the workers can be seen. Why doesn't this blog call them and ask for an explanation? I may be old-fashioned, but isn't that what journalism is all about? And I sent you this suggestion twice already, via Twitter. 

 

[MrJ2U]

Turned out pretty nice in Pattaya though.

 

We all know it will eventually just be given back to the ocean.

 

[big dendrobenaes]

5 hours ago, oxforddiver said:

GROYNES my dear, that's the answer.

Get with some Groynes.

they dont know what these are !!!!

how about some breakwaters like there are around the coasts of the UK???

[Jen65]

6 hours ago, oxforddiver said:

GROYNES my dear, that's the answer.

Get with some Groynes.

Quite right , I wrote about this long time ago !  Without Groynes the cross current will wash away the sand in a matter of time and back to square one !!   It's not rocket science !!  

[bradiston]

36 minutes ago, Jen65 said:

Quite right , I wrote about this long time ago !  Without Groynes the cross current will wash away the sand in a matter of time and back to square one !!   It's not rocket science !!  

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groyne

[darksidedog]

2 hours ago, MrJ2U said:

Turned out pretty nice in Pattaya though.

 

We all know it will eventually just be given back to the ocean.

 

My thought also. Given the money and sand going onto Pattaya, they should just wait for a really good downpour and an outgoing tide and the Pattaya beach will give Jomtien all the sand they need for free.

You can't beat nature. It will put it all back where it should be in due course anyway.

[The Hammer2021]

Pointless on so many levels. There won't be enough tourists to warrant the expense. Not foreign tourists anyway.

[ExpatOilWorker]

6 hours ago, Destiny1990 said:

Who owns ital-thai..

A black panther or was it a leopard killer?

Let's just call is the black cat killer.

[Wavel]

7 hours ago, Espanol said:

"The Harbor Department are spending 586 million baht on this section that runs from two hotels  Jomtien Chalet to U Jomtien Pattaya - a distance of 3,575 meters. "

 

 

There are only 240 meters from Jomtien Chalet to U Jomtien Pattaya: https://goo.gl/maps/vUQuxYbpyufgEP3G9

 

 

Jomtien Chalet    https://goo.gl/maps/YcvgUm5pN164iFjH9

 

U-Jomtien Pattaya https://g.page/UJomtien?share

 

 

 

 

“It’s all been a big misunderstanding”

[tingtong]

At 586 mil thb?

I would love to see a cost breakdown for that total...but wouldn't be surprised to learn the planning committees "cost" 500 million of it...