Pattaya Mayor Unveils Plan to Address Ongoing Flood Issues

[snoop1130]

 

The Mayor of Pattaya, Mr. Poramase Ngampiches, has unveiled plans to deal with the chronic flooding problem in Pattaya city. The plan will focus on reducing the water that flows from higher regions into Pattaya, through a water redirection scheme to the Huai Yai water storage area. This project had been previously delayed by a high-speed rail project.

 

Mr. Poramase stated that regular floods during heavy rains around railway tracks in Pattaya and its surrounding areas have been making headlines in the media. Places such as Khao Noi, Khao Talo, and South Pattaya Road are the most affected. Efforts are being made by the city to resolve the flood issues in these areas.

 

Moreover, in other parts of the city where flooding used to be a big issue, major improvements have been secured. The mayor pointed out that places like Naklua, which is behind Wat Nong Yai, and the inner parts of Pattaya, no longer experience severe floods.

 

The increased flooding, as reported in media, is mostly due to water flowing from higher ground in neighboring regions entering Pattaya. This involves water from Khao Noi and Khao Talo, which flows down to the railway tracks. To tackle this, Pattaya city has installed drainage pipes along the railway road to take care of the water flow.

 

The first part of this project that directs water to Naklua Canal is complete. However, the second part, which is expected to divert water to the Huai Yai water storage area through drainage pipes, has been postponed due to issues with the high-speed rail project. The mayor expects the water diversion project to commence shortly, but did not give a specific timeline for completion.

 

The mayor also talked about two ongoing projects aimed at resolving the flooding problem in southern Pattaya. One project aims to channel water from South Pattaya Sukhumvit Road to the Huai Yai storage area through pipes installed via Soi Sukhumvit 54. Once finished, this will stop water from Khao Noi, Khao Talo, and the railway road from entering the city. The second project consists of building a water pumping station at Khao Talo to route water to the Huai Yai Canal. The city is currently choosing a contractor for this project. With the completion of these two projects, the mayor is confident that they will greatly reduce water flow from higher grounds into Pattaya, reported The Pattaya News.

 

Photo: The Pattaya News

 

-- 2024-08-20

 

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[ikke1959]

But when the plans are ready the problems are solved because of the dry season.. and than we don't need to do anything more before the same occur next year

[DeeMakMak]

5 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

But when the plans are ready the problems are solved because of the dry season.. and than we don't need to do anything more before the same occur next year

Asian wisdom.

[hotchilli]

11 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The Mayor of Pattaya, Mr. Poramase Ngampiches, has unveiled plans to deal with the chronic flooding problem in Pattaya city. The plan will focus on reducing the water that flows from higher regions into Pattaya

Genius.

[2baht]

11 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The Mayor of Pattaya, Mr. Poramase Ngampiches, has unveiled plans to deal with the chronic flooding problem in Pattaya city.

Is the man superhuman, they've trying to deal   with this ongoing debacle for 50 years! Best of luck Poramas!

[mikebell]

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The city is currently choosing a contractor for this project.

The successful candidate must be related to the mayor; understand gravity and be prepared for a long haul.  

[Andycoops]

And we will be reading the same pronouncement next year and the year after etc etc

[NE1]

Is this a template they drag out every year , just change the persons name and date ?

 

[Skeptic7]

The annually recycled prattle and BS. 

[fondue zoo]

Plan #136 - includes options from previous plans but now with 10% more info-graphics and lamination.

 

 

Seriously though, do we have any real engineers in here? 

What would they need to do to actually fix it?

Is it fixable?

 

 

[fulhamster]

Try unblocking the drains first

 

[johng]

I watched over the last few years the  widening of Sukhumvit road southwards from Jomtien...I particularly noticed that the drainage pipes were half full of crud,sand,rocks,road building detritus and common old garden rubbish thrown from passing cars or blown by the wind  as soon as they were laid  then the grading/leveling machines  pushed even more crud in....first big rains  2 lanes of flood water in both directions at certain locations.

The left hand lane flooding being quite deep,   there was also signs of the "popular belief" that water flows up hill !

[phil2407]

Not American but why not just build the flow canals -

Clowns  to the left of me jokers to the right 

 

[ross163103]

555555....that's funny! Been here 30+ years and it's the same story over and over and over! TIT!

[thailand49]

End of this song and dance solution is money money baby. Selection of contractor should be easy Uncle Vito should be happy.🤑

[morrobay]

On 8/21/2024 at 8:10 AM, fondue zoo said:

 

 

 

Seriously though, do we have any real engineers in here? 

What would they need to do to actually fix it?

Is it fixable?

 

 

Sure it's fixable with portable pumps since every drain project fails