Pattaya/Jomtien– On September 22nd, 2023, Mr. Ekkarat Khantharo, director of the Pattaya regional marine department, relevant officials, and community representatives held a meeting on the ongoing Jomtien Beach enhancement project.

Mr. Ekkarat stated that the project in Phase 1 aims to enhance the overall scenery along Jomtien Beach and fix seawater erosion problems. The goal is for the beach to be a tourist attraction for relaxation and recreation purposes. In the first phase, heavily eroded areas were filled with additional sand from the Na Jomtien subdistrict to the Pattaya city area, at a total distance of 3,575 meters.

 

With the enhancement of the scenery, there has been positive feedback from locals, merchants, and both Thai and foreign tourists. To maintain the beautiful scenery, no private businesses are currently being allowed in the actual beach area.

 

By Adam Judd

 

Full story: THE PATTAYA NEWS 2023-09-25

 

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All they have created is an artificial desert which heats up the beach more .Plus people have to walk much further to get to the sea

over scorching sand.

They destroyed Don tan with the road now they going to finish the job,why cant they just leave the beach alone?

 

I was thinking something similar.  I always see people enjoying the beach under the shade of the trees.  Unless they plant some shade trees I guess the only benefits are it would look good for tourism photos and would offer some protection to the existing infrastructure being damaged if there is a big storm.

3 hours ago, webfact said:

The goal is for the beach to be a tourist attraction for relaxation and recreation purposes. In the first phase, heavily eroded areas were filled with additional sand from the Na Jomtien subdistrict to the Pattaya city area, at a total distance of 3,575 meters.

Does that solve the erosion problem or just cover it up for a while?

9 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Does that solve the erosion problem or just cover it up for a while?

Nevermind, they get their money for nothing and their chicks for free!  

Look forwards to it.

The work is expected to start just before High Season next year.

Pattya city churn out poor quality  infastrucure work every few months. Most of it is to  use up the goverment budget and cream backhanders off the top.

In the meantime residents have to  live in a poorly requlated construction site  for most of the year. 

5 hours ago, supersomchai said:

 

why cant they just leave the beach alone?

 

No kick backs in that init.

   Beach replenishment is nothing new--and not unique to Thailand.  Years ago I watched Ocean City, Maryland in the USA replenish its beach after a big storm washed a lot of it away.  A beach resort's biggest attraction is the beach.  It makes perfect sense to preserve it.

Jomtien beach looks much better now than few years ago.

Raw sewage smell is less too thanks to solid man covers. They should have done the same through Dongtan all the way to Sands cafe.

 

18 hours ago, 2baht said:

Nevermind, they get their money for nothing and their chicks for free!  

Good song.

I wonder if the extended distance from the shoreline this has created means condo developments will be permissable closer to beach road in future. All recent developments have been quite a bit back but there is  a lot of prime vacant land that runs directly up to the road.

 

 

 

22 hours ago, newnative said:

   Beach replenishment is nothing new--and not unique to Thailand.  Years ago I watched Ocean City, Maryland in the USA replenish its beach after a big storm washed a lot of it away.  A beach resort's biggest attraction is the beach.  It makes perfect sense to preserve it.

Not only sand replacement but the native trees with palms like the North end parking lot that used to be sandy shady area. Then there is the construction trailer trash .In other words they can't stop screw ing this  place up with their bogus kicked back  "enhancements"

1 hour ago, morrobay said:

 

 

 

Not only sand replacement but the native trees with palms like the North end parking lot that used to be sandy shady area. Then there is the construction trailer trash .In other words they can't stop screw ing this  place up with their bogus kicked back  "enhancements"

     Totally agree it's a crime with Pattaya Beach how so many valuable and useful shade trees were removed, unnecessary and ugly parking was added, and seating removed.  But, those are separate issues from beach replenishment, making sure that there is still a beach for people to enjoy.  I used to live in south Jomtien and parts of the beach there were very narrow, especially when the tide was in.

3 hours ago, kinyara said:

I wonder if the extended distance from the shoreline this has created means condo developments will be permissable closer to beach road in future. All recent developments have been quite a bit back but there is  a lot of prime vacant land that runs directly up to the road.

Very good point, I remember the condo next to Jomtien complex area

fiasco  many moons ago. for get the name of the place.

 

7 hours ago, quake said:

Very good point, I remember the condo next to Jomtien complex area

fiasco  many moons ago. for get the name of the place.

 

View Talay 7

Just now, OneZero said:

View Talay 7

Ok,

I didn't think it was a View Talay. but ok got it.

There's a lot of them, about.

It was supposed to be low rise,  14 floors high, in that location,  I think.

but things got sorted.