Pattaya mayor orders coastal erosion prevention project at Dongtan Beach

[snoop1130]

 

The Pattaya mayor Poramese Ngampiches personally ordered a coastal erosion prevention project at Dongtan Beach, saying a new sewer system would fix flooding problems in the long run.

 

A personal visit by the mayor took place yesterday, June 27th, 2022, after many local business operators reached out to Poramese concerned that Dongtan Beach was critically eroding due to recent relentless rain.

 

According to The Pattaya News reporters, the mayor and a group of city engineers personally inspected the beach to assess the damage. The mayor then directed his staff to use loaders to scope the sand that had previously been washed away from the beach, to replenish the eroding beach. The work took around three hours before completion.

 

Full Story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/06/28/pattaya-mayor-orders-coastal-erosion-prevention-project-at-dongtan-beach/

 

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[jcmj]

Why do these people not do their research and just build a few reef barriers as well. We’ll see how this one goes.

[mikebell]

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The mayor then directed his staff to use loaders to scope the sand that had previously been washed away from the beach, to replenish the eroding beach. The work took around three hours before completion.

He solved the disappearing beach syndrome in 3 hours!  My hero.  Has he sacked the resident sand supplier?

[Sydebolle]

Well, the last group of experts managed to syphon off 600 Million Baht on Na Jomtien - keep up the good work then. Erosions do not need sand being trucked in at premium rates, barriers though will do the trick, if an expert looks at the flow of tides. Disadvantage is, that you put the barriers in ONCE and that's it; no repetitive cash outflow from the governmental horn of plenty ???? 

[Pedrogaz]

Cue major storm when restoration is finished to wash away the beach. Do it properly, or don't bother doing it.

[chilly07]

Never ending cycle. Dredge sand- build up beach- install new drainage- Deluge- new drainage doesn't work- sand washed into bay- Dredge sand- etc etc. Keeps construction companies gainfully employed.

[hotchilli]

On 6/28/2022 at 7:19 PM, snoop1130 said:

According to The Pattaya News reporters, the mayor and a group of city engineers personally inspected the beach to assess the damage. The mayor then directed his staff to use loaders to scope the sand that had previously been washed away from the beach, to replenish the eroding beach. The work took around three hours before completion.

A long term solution then?

[morrobay]

18 hours ago, chilly07 said:

Never ending cycle. Dredge sand- build up beach- install new drainage- Deluge- new drainage doesn't work- sand washed into bay- Dredge sand- etc etc. Keeps construction companies gainfully employed.

That's right new drainage doesn't work. This is the latest failure at Pattaya Beach South end. Notice the ridge of deposited sand that built up.  This has preventedthe gravity flow water drainage and now portable pumps are necessary. 

[morrobay]

On 6/29/2022 at 12:55 PM, chilly07 said:

Never ending cycle. Dredge sand- build up beach- install new drainage- Deluge- new drainage doesn't work- sand washed into bay- 

And these failed projects make a mess of the beach. The correct way would have a pumping station directing the water well out into the bay.  And you would have expected this latest drain system to be connected to the pump station right next to the outflow. Of course that would have required foreign engineers.