PHOTO: Sophon Cable TV (STV)

 

By Goong Nang(GN)

 

Pattaya – Pattaya City Mayor Sonthaya Khunplume has apologized for the long “under-construction” footpaths/sidewalks on Central Pattaya Road and South Pattaya Road that have driven numerous complaints, including on TPN media’s social media accounts.

 

The Pattaya City Mayor Sontaya Kunplome told TPN media yesterday, January 19th, 2022, “We have received many complaints about the footpath improvement project and water drainage cover replacement projects on Central Pattaya Road and South Pattaya Road.

 

This has been an especially major issue from Third Road to the Sukhumvit highway, with large sections of the sidewalk completely impassable, covered with wooden pallets (or not at all), and significant potential of people being injured either due to the sidewalk condition or the fact in some areas people need to walk onto the road to avoid the construction on sidewalks. This has also caused major complaints from business owners in these areas.”

 

“There are two construction projects in those areas which are a public electricity project (primarily moving cables underground and some power poles) which cost 27.9 million baht while the footpath improvement project and manhole cover replacements cost 27.4 million baht. These two projects are separate and were covered by two different contract companies. Both projects reached deadline dates in their contracts last year but the works are still unfinished.” The mayor explained.

 

“Road users and pedestrians are complaining about the missing water drainage covers and some parts of the footpath improvement project on a near-daily basis.” The mayor added.

 

Full story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/01/20/pattaya-mayor-apologizes-and-explains-the-problem-with-the-long-under-construction-sidewalks-on-central-and-south-pattaya-roads/

 

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Sounds like a potential legal mess which usually causes long delays

The rectification work will be completed when ............????

30 minutes ago, Geoffggi said:

The rectification work will be completed when ............????

2025

I did not hear of any effort to rectify this.....

I struggle in that area every Sunday and I have not seen progress for months and months.... nor any effort if it comes to that. Get down there, kick ass Mr Mayor, your 'friends' who own the construction companies might listen!

All the moneys gone on fast cars beer and girls is my guess ????

1 hour ago, scubascuba3 said:

Sounds like a potential legal mess which usually causes long delays

Sounds like they let out contracts for greatly reduced prices and the contractors can't finish the works......

2 minutes ago, ChrisY1 said:

Sounds like they let out contracts for greatly reduced prices and the contractors can't finish the works......

Maybe got paid first and are long gone

4 hours ago, webfact said:

both projects reached deadline dates in their contracts last year but the works are still unfinished.” 

and then?

No explaination just a statement about what is happening. In most ORGANISED countries penalties are put into the contract if work is not completed by the date in the contract. Another half baked way of doing business.

2 minutes ago, Paul Henry said:

No explaination just a statement about what is happening. In most ORGANISED countries penalties are put into the contract if work is not completed by the date in the contract. Another half baked way of doing business.

You beat me to it,

Those holes in the picture have been there for at least 3 years.

29 minutes ago, Paul Henry said:

No explaination just a statement about what is happening. In most ORGANISED countries penalties are put into the contract if work is not completed by the date in the contract. Another half baked way of doing business.

 

26 minutes ago, Gandtee said:

You beat me to it,

In the linked article 

Quote

“I have urged relevant offices and contractors to expedite completing these projects. However, during the Covid -19 situation, the central Thai government has allowed an extension of time in works for contractors as well as canceled any fines for late work. Contractors have claimed they don’t have enough workers to complete these projects at this time so, as stated, we have begun a bidding process to find replacement companies and contractors to complete these projects.

However it finishes with -

Quote

The Mayor did not, TPN notes, give a specific timeframe or window for when residents could expect the work to continue, citing the difficult bidding process.

I am surprised the writer did not put "difficult" in quotes........ 

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Both projects reached deadline dates in their contracts last year but the works are still unfinished.” The mayor explained.

????

A lot of explaining of the problems by the Mayor but very little in the way of solving the problems put forth.  I don't want to hear a whiny, 'it's difficult'.  I want to hear concrete solutions and concrete finish dates.

The longer it goes on the more cash???  personally these problems are just big for him to handle it was the same for the brother and the person before them. Fixing isn't what they really want beautification but the end result is the same " flooding " thereafter lets do it all over again!

Railroad track road on the Darkside, been going on for over 5 years!  ????

"The Mayor did not, TPN notes, give a specific timeframe or window for when residents could expect the work to continue, citing the difficult bidding process."

 

Sorry, what bidding process, contracts were signed for this work.  Just hold the contractors to them.

Both projects  reached their deadlines dates,  but  works are still unfinished   is  his explanation..

                                       Talk about stating the obvious ..

 

I wait to see the outcome of Walking street refubishment,      if i should live that long .

19 minutes ago, thailand49 said:

sonally these problems are just big for him to handle it was the same for the brother and the person before them.

All the same family. Not in their positions because of their skillset but because of the family they belong to.

 

Therein lies the major problem.

3 hours ago, steven100 said:

2025

it appears ALL jobs in Thailand NEVER get finished !!

3 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

All the moneys gone on fast cars beer and girls is my guess ????

And the rest of it was wasted digging up the sidewalks ????

Just rename Walking Street as Hurdling Street and promote it to athletic tourists.......????

Typical useless politician, talks but does nothing, except collect his salary.

He can ‘explain’ until he’s blue in the face, but it’s either incompetence, or someone wanted more money, or nobody gives a d@mn. Can also be a combination of all three things. 

 

Sex tourists, and cheap package holiday makers from developing countries are the only ones that will put up with such poor infrastructure.    

12 hours ago, steven100 said:

2025

By 2025 it will probably means the budgets have been frittered away and therefore new big budgets will appear.

3 hours ago, scorecard said:

By 2025 it will probably means the budgets have been frittered away and therefore new big budgets will appear.

 

And the TAT will be targeting Nigerian and Sudanese tourists.  ????  

Likely contracts that were very poorly negotiated. And why not build in huge penalties for late costs? 

It's only been less than 3 years. And when they finish?..They will start  again!

6 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

Likely contracts that were very poorly negotiated. And why not build in huge penalties for late costs? 

Because deliberate delays caused by unions or mafia or competition could lead to sabotage. It's said that major London projects including Wembley pay millions of pounds to stop 'delays'