57 minutes ago, bradiston said:

The point is, Thepprasit is a highly commercialised road. There are shops and businesses and Sois the whole length of it on both sides of the road. Access to these is now seriously restricted.

Exactly

 

58 minutes ago, bradiston said:

It's not like Nua which has relatively few commercial establishments

Nua was a highly commercialised road as well before the put those barriers there years ago.

 

They are all gone now, only the empty buildings remain

On 7/8/2023 at 6:34 AM, JensenZ said:

At the very least, the barrier should have been lit up at night.

Cars have headlights for a reason.

49 minutes ago, BenStark said:

Exactly

 

Nua was a highly commercialised road as well before the put those barriers there years ago.

 

They are all gone now, only the empty buildings remain

Most of the businesses  along  Thepprasit road look kind of down and out....This divider just might finish them off...

What gets me about Pattaya.....There are almost NEVER any meetings or community  input or comments asked for before projects that effect everyone are started...Like the Thepprasit road divider.....

 

Or the beach road walkway....

I can say 100% there was never a single community meeting EVER about Beach Road No comments wanted on how they destroyed beach road..

 

 

 

2 hours ago, Skipalongcassidy said:

Since you are the authority on the divider please share your divine wisdom... the long range plan please.

Ask city hall

1 hour ago, BenStark said:

Exactly

 

Nua was a highly commercialised road as well before the put those barriers there years ago.

 

They are all gone now, only the empty buildings remain

That is interesting. I didn't know Nua pre barrier. I saw businesses disappearing though. There was a pool shop up near the junction with 3rd. The whole row is derelict now. There used to be a very affordable attorney near the bottom end. Got a will written there for 4k.

 

But, no right into Makro, and then no U turn at the Sukhumvit junction. What do they suggest you do then?

46 minutes ago, redwood1 said:

What gets me about Pattaya.....There are almost NEVER any meetings or community  input or comments asked for before projects that effect everyone are started...Like the Thepprasit road divider.....

Why would mafia officials who are looking to skim money care about the community?

1 hour ago, redwood1 said:

What gets me about Pattaya.....There are almost NEVER any meetings or community  input or comments asked for before projects that effect everyone are started...Like the Thepprasit road divider.....

 

Or the beach road walkway....

I can say 100% there was never a single community meeting EVER about Beach Road No comments wanted on how they destroyed beach road..

 

 

 

I read somewhere there had been approval of the scheme after canvassing on Thepprasit amongst the businesses. I find it hard to believe. Well, impossible really.

19 hours ago, ujayujay said:

I hope you are not a road user

Why?  I take due care when driving.  Been driving and riding for nearly 40 years.  But there is a severe lacking of appropriate warnings, signs, barriers and other safety measures, with a lot of road works in Thailand. Yes, better driving standards for sure are needed. Key word is prevention.  

 

Your silly comment holds no substance and is just frivolous. 

19 hours ago, ujayujay said:

Maybe she'll ask her optician for compensation

 he said, he can't see her at the moment, and can't see her getting any compensation ever. 

All this chat about Thepprasit and the central reservation overlooks the actual subject of the OP, which is the wreck this woman was involved in. We'll probably (!) never hear the full story, but luckily, half the members of AN appear to have been witnesses, so I'm sure they will be able to set the record straight about what actually happened. Call the first witness! No, on second thoughts, we've heard it all before... She was probably..., 100/1 on she was..., I reckon..., If you ask me..., Maybe..., Could be..., I guess..., Who knows? They can't drive so what do you expect?

3 hours ago, bradiston said:

That is interesting. I didn't know Nua pre barrier. I saw businesses disappearing though. There was a pool shop up near the junction with 3rd. The whole row is derelict now. There used to be a very affordable attorney near the bottom end. Got a will written there for 4k.

 

But, no right into Makro, and then no U turn at the Sukhumvit junction. What do they suggest you do then?

A major impact was on the buses getting into Reung Ruen bus station. 

Look whether it should be there or not it is and the road was bright enough for her to see ask me it did the job of preventing her from making the U,  stupid design waste of time and material but enough so official could skim off the contract. Guess why the middle is empty?  They aren't finished people my guess they will plant bushes in the middle or is it a drainage system? LOL

 

26 minutes ago, thailand49 said:

Look whether it should be there or not it is and the road was bright enough for her to see ask me it did the job of preventing her from making the U,  stupid design waste of time and material but enough so official could skim off the contract. Guess why the middle is empty?  They aren't finished people my guess they will plant bushes in the middle or is it a drainage system? LOL

 

Plant bushes, you must be joking....They love nothing more than destroying greenery,....Except Palm Trees of course...

On 7/7/2023 at 3:58 PM, webfact said:

 

Pattaya — A college student in Pattaya is demanding someone to take financial responsibility after she crashed her sedan into a road construction site on Threpprasit Road.

The victim, 20-year-old Ms. Areeya Sansuk, revealed to The Pattaya News that she crashed her sedan on Threpprasit Road around midnight on July 4th. She said she was driving a Honda City sedan and was totally unaware of the roadwork taking place in the area.

 

As a result, Ms. Areeya collided her vehicle with the construction site, resulting in significant damage to her car. She did not suffer injuries.

 

 

By Tanakorn Panyadee

 

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Full story: https://thepattayanews.com/2023/07/07/pattaya-woman-demands-someone-to-take-financial-responsibility-after-crashing-her-sedan-into-construction-site-on-threpprasit-road/

 

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They should paint yellow on those meridian curbs. I am no genius but they  paint the ends here in my country with a sign as well. 

18 hours ago, bradiston said:

Ask city hall

I already know the plans that city hall have and why they are making this change to the traffic pattern... I was looking for your divine input... nothing?

18 hours ago, bradiston said:

I read somewhere there had been approval of the scheme after canvassing on Thepprasit amongst the businesses. I find it hard to believe. Well, impossible really.

Or that is simply a lie to cover someone's ass!

11 hours ago, redwood1 said:

Plant bushes, you must be joking....They love nothing more than destroying greenery,....Except Palm Trees of course...

Joke what joke!  The joke is on you and the Thai. 

Sukhumvit going south pass Theppasit take a good new at that greenery 2 km that needs to be maintain contracts given out to municipal officiers family even during droughts to keep it beautiful. 

They use this design on Pattaya Nua,  then ripped it all out to widen lanes just before T-21 opened. 

The catch they don't rip out and kill palm trees on Beach road and Jomtien officials want you to believe it all they do is switch them to another location but the new invoiced allow them to skm and skim.

 

Compaigning (move on?  ) T-Shirt where is he today last seen buying sIt's,  dying his hair polishing his Military uniform and medals he never earned. His excuse for all the road work is the contractors are not honoring the time line of the job!  

Anyone can't read between the lines with that excuse is he isn't in charge!  Just another new face settling helpless to do a damn thing except take his share to deposit while everyone suffer. 

This road never had to be path there was never anything wrong with it.  

On 7/8/2023 at 2:03 PM, BenStark said:

Maybe she shouldn't drive a car then

She won't be or probably wasn't the first accident caused by this median strip.

 

Taking your suggestion further, maybe most people shouldn't drive. Nevermind building safely constructed roads - always blame the drivers. They can put barriers anywhere they please because accidents are always the driver's fault - good drivers see everything and never have accidents.

 

In the real world, a great deal of thought and planning goes into building safe roads. They need to be as idiot-proof as possible.

 

In this case, the main problem is that the barrier causes extreme inconvenience where much traffic has to spend a lot longer on the road, trying to find a place to make a U-turn. By increasing time on the road, it increases traffic volume, apart from causing a lot of congestion in areas where u-turns are permitted.

 

The other day I had to ride an extra kilometer or more to get back to a shop I was looking for which I had passed... which took me to the opposite side of the road from the shop I wanted to visit... and then I had to park and cross the road on foot. If not, I would have had to travel a lot further again to find the next u-turn. This will be more danger for predestrians, as there will be a lot more of them crossing the road to visit the shops.

 

This photo is a perfect illustration of how dangerous crossing the road on foot will be. Those ladies on high heels better take care - sandwiched between opposing traffic on a narrow strip.

 

I see it in the photo, why didn't she. Plus she has lights on her car to lite up the road. Totally her fault. 

13 hours ago, Skipalongcassidy said:

I already know the plans that city hall have and why they are making this change to the traffic pattern... I was looking for your divine input... nothing?

Why would I know anymore than city hall? It wasn't my idea. But regarding the central reservation itself, I believe the plan is/was to lay cables down it. Another year's work I imagine. What a disaster!

 

What is your take on it all? Do you use Thepprasit? Frequently? How do you find the no right turns virtually the whole length with everybody looking for a place to U turn? And those forced left on joining it then also looking for the next u turn spot.

On 7/9/2023 at 2:42 PM, jacko45k said:

A major impact was on the buses getting into Reung Ruen bus station. 

Absolutely. And getting out for people who got there on their bikes or cars,  baht buses etc etc. Forced left and then u turn prohibited!

21 hours ago, thailand49 said:

Look whether it should be there or not it is and the road was bright enough for her to see ask me it did the job of preventing her from making the U,  stupid design waste of time and material but enough so official could skim off the contract. Guess why the middle is empty?  They aren't finished people my guess they will plant bushes in the middle or is it a drainage system? LOL

 

I read somewhere they intend to lay cables down the middle. ????????????????????????

3 minutes ago, bradiston said:

I read somewhere they intend to lay cables down the middle. ????????????????????????

Yes, lots of cables required. 

 

They're still installing the brackets for the street lighting that will be mounted on the centre median. 

 

33 minutes ago, bradiston said:

I read somewhere they intend to lay cables down the middle. ????????????????????????

So there you go......

 

The purpose of the divider has nothing to do with Safety then...And has every thing to with cutting the cost and work for laying new cables....Which with-out the divider the cables would have to go underground...

 

The fewer U-turns the better because U-turns mean they would have to put some work in digging up the road for the cables.....

 

So in a nutshell cutting cost and increasing profits has priority over all the users of the road....

On 7/8/2023 at 6:12 AM, peter zwart said:

I put 100 Baht on "Phone". 

 

1000 for  me

Smash or pass?

27 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

Yes, lots of cables required. 

 

They're still installing the brackets for the street lighting that will be mounted on the centre median. 

 

What about access? Maintenance? Additional cable laying? Etc etc etc. And the cable companies? Are they going to replace the hundreds of cables that currently are carried up the sides of the road on poles?

 

Whatever the answer to that is, I still say what they've done with the central reservation is unworkable. Welcome to another ghost town created by City Hall.

43 minutes ago, bradiston said:

I read somewhere they intend to lay cables down the middle. ????????????????????????

cable,  bushes,           ,               ,

24 minutes ago, redwood1 said:

So there you go......

 

The purpose of the divider has nothing to do with Safety,Then...And has every thing to with cutting the cost and work for laying new cables....Which with-out the divider the cables would have to go underground...

 

The fewer U-turns the better because U-turns mean they would have to put some work in digging up the road for the cables.....

They're going to have to dig up the road or lay overhead cables via support towers to cross the road to get to customer cable inlets.

 

Why couldn't they have just laid the cables alongside the wonderful new drains? Access hatches all the way down. Easy access. Out of the way. In fact, why don't they do that right now and scrap the stupid central reservation. It's already caused one mash up. How many more?