By Adam Judd

 

Pattaya, Thailand - The Pattaya Mayor, Sonthaya Khunplume, spoke to the press this weekend about the long-debated and discussed light rail/monorail project, reassuring residents that the project had not been canceled and was still in progress.

 

According to the Pattaya Mayor, multiple foreign investors and capital companies are still interested in the project and an initial investment of 20 billion baht is likely to take place.

 

Further discussions and planning and the public/private/partnership (PPP) process are set to take place during the 2022-2023 year, specifically around finalizing routes and types of light rails, such as a propulsion system or magnetic system.

 

Full story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/03/05/pattaya-mayor-says-many-foreign-companies-and-investors-interested-in-investing-in-monorail-project-is-proceeding-forward/

 

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Well, good luck to the investors ... but, wow, a 20-billion-baht project, to replace the current 10-baht-bus system?

Keep it simple go for a light city trams this elevated stuff looks horrible. 

I actually thought this plan had died a death as the hi-speed railway station stop had been moved out to the wilds of Huay Yai. 

9 minutes ago, Destiny1990 said:

Keep it simple go for a light city trams this elevated stuff looks horrible. 

Not much space at ground level maybe....

“many” foreign companies and investors interested ....

 

name one   ?      Lol  .....    i don't believe this statement. 

3 hours ago, webfact said:

reassuring residents that the project had not been canceled and was still in progress.

I bet their hearts soared on hearing this news.

No work , no food , no electric, flooded out at the first sign of rain .

Pathways and roads full of holes and missing bits.

But wait , we might be getting a monorail.......????

32 minutes ago, Destiny1990 said:

Keep it simple go for a light city trams this elevated stuff looks horrible. 

Bigger the project bigger rake-off.

One word of caution for any corporate investor: Hopewell.

Mercedes must have brought out a new model.

foreign investors = Chinese 

As an investor the first question will be how fast will my money be gone in that mysterious hole ????

This idea is resurrected every couple of years.  Various firms of Mayoral Architects/Relatives are paid obscene sums of money for yet another feasibility plan - until the next time. 

4 hours ago, Destiny1990 said:

this elevated stuff looks horrible.

Yes indeed, and those that had nice views from restaurants and bars, also from apartments, will have concrete monstrosities to look at!!   

I still have the vision of an unfinished Skytrain platform  outside my condo in Laski back in 2007.  Nope.  I don't think I'm interested in investing in monorails in Thailand.

5 hours ago, Destiny1990 said:

Keep it simple go for a light city trams this elevated stuff looks horrible. 

Need to keep the concrete companies happy. 

 

And who owns those? 

5 hours ago, jacko45k said:

I actually thought this plan had died a death as the hi-speed railway station stop had been moved out to the wilds of Huay Yai. 

Not much space at ground level maybe....

Trams use existing roads and normal traffic can still use them between trams.  The hard bit would be explaining to the locals that trams can't dodge!  ????

5 minutes ago, DefaultName said:

Trams use existing roads and normal traffic can still use them between trams.  The hard bit would be explaining to the locals that trams can't dodge!  ????

A single cement truck, or motorcycle/ sidecar food seller can choke up the Pattaya roads..... a few trundling trams will bring it to a halt. How soon we forget the pre-Covid misery......

Look forward to hearing how CP and Ital-Thai have won the contracts 100% above board.

Election upcoming, promises have to be made. Kept? Maybe .... maybe not.

13 hours ago, steven100 said:

“many” foreign companies and investors interested ....

 

name one   ?      Lol  .....    i don't believe this statement. 

Evergrande ????

They've only been talking about this for the last 15 years at least.

14 hours ago, sharecropper said:

One word of caution for any corporate investor: Hopewell.

The Hopewell case is now, almost unbelievably, going to retrial after the government were ordered to pay thb 24 billion in compensation. 

 

No-one in their right mind would get involved with these crooks. 

23 hours ago, jacko45k said:

I actually thought this plan had died a death as the hi-speed railway station stop had been moved out to the wilds of Huay Yai. 

Not much space at ground level maybe....

Can be mostly a mono rail placement sharing by trams coming from both directions just the stations needs a short dubbel rail. Also the other traffic  can override the rails. City light trams can be built in 3 years time while their Sky Train will take 30 years.

On 3/7/2022 at 7:10 AM, steven100 said:

“many” foreign companies and investors interested ....

 

name one   ?      Lol  .....    i don't believe this statement. 

*Chinese companies