Picture courtesy of The Pattaya News

 

Pattaya's unfolding drainage and road construction saga is hitting a nerve, as residents of Thepprasit Soi 7 and 9 face a prolonged nightmare with no end in sight. What began as a critical infrastructure improvement has spiralled into a disrupted community battleground, leaving roads muddy, access blocked, and frustrations boiling over as the project drags into its fourth year.

 

Locals are increasingly vocal about the disruption, with many expressing outrage at what they view as blatant neglect by city officials. A resident of a nearby condominium summarised the growing discontent:

 

“This isn’t just inconvenient—it’s dangerous. We’re navigating potholes, trash, stray dogs, and detours that double our travel time, and no one seems to care.”

 

The chaos centres around the temporary access road off Soi 17, now a treacherous, trash-laden path. Meanwhile, Soi 7's excavation has severed access from Thepprasit Road, leaving residents with a choice between a 4-kilometre detour or a perilous mud-slicked walk. The situation worsens with packs of stray dogs haunting the construction zones, adding to the perils pedestrians face.

 

A local woman shared her woes: “It’s hard enough walking through the mud. Now we have to worry about being bitten, too?”

 

Tenants in nearby condo developments feel overlooked, believing their neighbourhood is being sacrificed for tourist hotspots like Jomtien Beach and the Eastern Sports Stadium. Despite ongoing complaints to city departments and relevant agencies, change remains elusive.

 

“We understand infrastructure work takes time,” a local said, “but four years with no timeline, no updates, and no concern for the people living here? That’s not acceptable.”

 

Residents are now demanding immediate action from Pattaya officials. Calls for transparency and communication are growing louder, with a push for city engineers and planners to meet and provide a specific timeline for the project's completion.

 

“If this were happening in a tourist hotspot, it would’ve been done years ago,” a condo tenant lamented. “It’s time they remembered the people who live here.”

As tensions mount, the community stands united in its call: fix the mess, or face the community’s wrath.

 

With local patience wearing thin, Pattaya officials are under increasing pressure to provide solutions. As the project continues without a clear end, the urgency for action is more pressing than ever, with residents determined not to be sidelined any longer.

 

  Adapted by ASEAN Now from The Thaiger 2025-08-01

 

Delaying projects is just a blatant cash grab for authorities and their contractor mates! It never stops in Pattaya..." officials are under increasing pressure to provide solutions"....they don't care....extensions of time claims keep them happy and rich!

Pattaya's gravy train,  just keeps rolling along,

year in year out. 

Can't be good for condos like The Maldives, almost cut off from any access. 

16 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Pattaya's unfolding drainage and road construction saga is hitting a nerve, as residents of Thepprasit Soi 7 and 9 face a prolonged nightmare with no end in sight. What began as a critical infrastructure improvement has spiralled into a disrupted community battleground, leaving roads muddy, access blocked, and frustrations boiling over as the project drags into its fourth year.

City planning at it's best

1 hour ago, henryford1958 said:

Can't be good for condos like The Maldives, almost cut off from any access. 

 

Six months ago the Maldives ( laguna 3 ) was quiet. Now its a construction zone, it looks like a bomb site. Noisy, dirty and hard to get to. Frequent power outages, bad WIFI and loads of heavy machinery. The agent that arranged this condo for me didn't mention the impending building work. 

 

This picture was taken weeks ago, now its much worse. 

 

17 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

 

 

“This isn’t just inconvenient—it’s dangerous. We’re navigating potholes, trash, stray dogs, and detours that double our travel time, and no one seems to care.”

 

 

 

 

 

They blame the city planners for the trash they themselves throw on the ground?

At the core of this issue is the fact that the vast majority of the local residents of this area, mostly condo renters, can not vote. Condo renters can yell and scream all they want but as long as they don't represent a large block of voters, there is no political incentive for local officials to break a sweat flogging this project onward. 

Local officials only want to look ahead to new projects with fresh money to spend and contracts to award.  Politically connected contractors doing the current work suffer no penalty for their slow work.  Is there even a final plan?   I have never seen a rendering of that the final roadmap will be.

The upstream and down stream work on the massive drainage pipe that is being laid is already complete. So it seems that it is the 200m section at laguna 3 that will be built ?

 

I assume it will carry sewerage for new condos but I don't see any processing plant before the sea ? So they plan to dump all that waste at Jomtien beach ? 

29 minutes ago, Sqoop said:

The upstream and down stream work on the massive drainage pipe that is being laid is already complete. So it seems that it is the 200m section at laguna 3 that will be built ?

 

I assume it will carry sewerage for new condos but I don't see any processing plant before the sea ? So they plan to dump all that waste at Jomtien beach ? 

 

Pipe work is not complete all the way from Theppasit road to second road jomtien.

Will be 2 or more years of this nonsense before completion.

Pattaya construction game forging ahead.  

Yes OK. I only have knowledge of the laguna 3 section. It looks like a sh*t show though. And from a renters perspective neither my agent or the admin seem to give a damn. 

36 minutes ago, quake said:

 

Pipe work is not complete all the way from Theppasit road to second road jomtien.

Will be 2 or more years of this nonsense before completion.

Pattaya construction game forging ahead.  

I live right off 2nd road, the pipe work is right alone condo property line. I have been watching them waste time (I won't call it work) for five years. Here is a shot from early July. I also had the joy of watching them build 2nd road. "Someday son, this project will be yours...." 

 

If there are no hisos living there they can whistle.

May get worse if all the Cambodians go home due to the border conflict. 

33 minutes ago, Emdog said:

I live right off 2nd road, the pipe work is right alone condo property line. I have been watching them waste time (I won't call it work) for five years. Here is a shot from early July. I also had the joy of watching them build 2nd road. "Someday son, this project will be yours...." 

 

That's a big pipe with open grates, once it is in use the smell will be awful ? Right under your condo. Time to move ?

 

They are building new condos and a new gated community to the right of laguna 3 so the volume could be significant. 

14 minutes ago, kimothai said:

May get worse if all the Cambodians go home due to the border conflict. 

Some have already gone.  A builder I know has lost most of his building crew.

3 minutes ago, Sqoop said:

 

That's a big pipe with open grates, once it is in use the smell will be awful ? Right under your condo. Time to move ?

 

They are building new condos and a new gated community to the right of laguna 3 so the volume could be significant. 

 

Never buy, only rent. My mantra for Thailand.

The long, long time that it took them to lay those sewerage pipes in the Indian area I thought they will never

ends, and all that with the usual mayhem of 2 ways traffic on one lane with those baht busses

stopping everywhere, so yes, I can why one can get very, very frustrated.

3 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

 

Never buy, only rent. My mantra for Thailand.

 

25 years , no regrets.

My one is  a holiday condo now days.

very nice change from nongkhai for 4-5 months a year. 

 

Just now, quake said:

 

25 years , no regrets.

My one is  a holiday condo now days.

very nice change from nongkhai for 4-5 months a year. 

 

 

 

I would not argue re: individual instances.....I'm sure there are many on here who are happy with their choice........as a general, blanket policy, I would buy in a stable market I know and understand......rent that property and use the rental income to rent here.

 

I have property in the UK that could cover a very nice condo or house AND I'd have money left over AND I'm not tied in to the property here. win-win-win

7 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

 

 

I would not argue re: individual instances.....I'm sure there are many on here who are happy with their choice........as a general, blanket policy, I would buy in a stable market I know and understand......rent that property and use the rental income to rent here.

 

I have property in the UK that could cover a very nice condo or house AND I'd have money left over AND I'm not tied in to the property here. win-win-win

 

 I have properties in the uk rented out

and properties here as homes.

Win, Win ,  Win, win. 

3 minutes ago, quake said:

 

 I have properties in the uk rented out

and properties here as homes.

Win, Win ,  Win, win. 

 

 

Damn....555

3 hours ago, Sqoop said:

 

Six months ago the Maldives ( laguna 3 ) was quiet. Now its a construction zone, it looks like a bomb site. Noisy, dirty and hard to get to. Frequent power outages, bad WIFI and loads of heavy machinery. The agent that arranged this condo for me didn't mention the impending building work. 

 

This picture was taken weeks ago, now its much worse. 

 

Aways said condos in Thailand are worthless,  well probably worth about 20 baht each 😅😂😅

Also, suicide rate is on the rise. Because of the project.

46 minutes ago, quake said:

 

25 years , no regrets.

My one is  a holiday condo now days.

very nice change from nongkhai for 4-5 months a year. 

 

UK. 2 Bedroom flat bought for £30,000 30yrs ago. Now worth £200,000 and rising now rented out at £1,100 a month. And I've been a Snowbird for the last 20yrs. I think I know who got the best deal, 25yr. old condo worth about 25 baht.😅😂😅

20 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Picture courtesy of The Pattaya News

 

Pattaya's unfolding drainage and road construction saga is hitting a nerve, as residents of Thepprasit Soi 7 and 9 face a prolonged nightmare with no end in sight. What began as a critical infrastructure improvement has spiralled into a disrupted community battleground, leaving roads muddy, access blocked, and frustrations boiling over as the project drags into its fourth year.

 

Locals are increasingly vocal about the disruption, with many expressing outrage at what they view as blatant neglect by city officials. A resident of a nearby condominium summarised the growing discontent:

 

“This isn’t just inconvenient—it’s dangerous. We’re navigating potholes, trash, stray dogs, and detours that double our travel time, and no one seems to care.”

 

The chaos centres around the temporary access road off Soi 17, now a treacherous, trash-laden path. Meanwhile, Soi 7's excavation has severed access from Thepprasit Road, leaving residents with a choice between a 4-kilometre detour or a perilous mud-slicked walk. The situation worsens with packs of stray dogs haunting the construction zones, adding to the perils pedestrians face.

 

A local woman shared her woes: “It’s hard enough walking through the mud. Now we have to worry about being bitten, too?”

 

Tenants in nearby condo developments feel overlooked, believing their neighbourhood is being sacrificed for tourist hotspots like Jomtien Beach and the Eastern Sports Stadium. Despite ongoing complaints to city departments and relevant agencies, change remains elusive.

 

“We understand infrastructure work takes time,” a local said, “but four years with no timeline, no updates, and no concern for the people living here? That’s not acceptable.”

 

Residents are now demanding immediate action from Pattaya officials. Calls for transparency and communication are growing louder, with a push for city engineers and planners to meet and provide a specific timeline for the project's completion.

 

“If this were happening in a tourist hotspot, it would’ve been done years ago,” a condo tenant lamented. “It’s time they remembered the people who live here.”

As tensions mount, the community stands united in its call: fix the mess, or face the community’s wrath.

 

With local patience wearing thin, Pattaya officials are under increasing pressure to provide solutions. As the project continues without a clear end, the urgency for action is more pressing than ever, with residents determined not to be sidelined any longer.

 

  Adapted by ASEAN Now from The Thaiger 2025-08-01

 

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Any guesses as to completion dates?  5 years? 10 years? 20 years?

5 minutes ago, Toby1947 said:

UK. 2 Bedroom flat bought for £30,000 30yrs ago. Now worth £200,000 and rising now rented out at £1,100 a month. And I've been a Snowbird for the last 20yrs. I think I know who got the best deal, 25yr. old condo worth about 25 baht.😅😂😅

 

Spot on.

2 minutes ago, MarkBR said:

Any guesses as to completion dates?  5 years? 10 years? 20 years?

Edinburgh Opera house was 15 years, then abandoned.

9 minutes ago, MarkBR said:

Edinburgh Opera house was 15 years, then abandoned.

 

Did they ever finish the tramline that went from nowhere to nowhere?

2 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

 

Did they ever finish the tramline that went from nowhere to nowhere?

There is one small bit from the centre to Leith.  The whole scheme was a sh*tshow/clusterf**k - driven by an incompetent council leader who ran away to England to escape.