Changes to Walking Street include later opening time for traffic

PATTAYA: -- Changes will be made to Walking Street following a representative meeting with Mayor Niran Wattanasartsathorn and other officials at city hall on May 30. Mayor Niran is head of the Walking Street Committee.

The front entry arch on Walking Street will be replaced, and the new one will display Thai symbols.

Vice chairman of the Walking Street Committee, Sunthorn Gangsirikul asked for the 2 a.m. opening time for through traffic to be changed. This is also closing time for the entertainment establishments, he said, and consequently there is serious traffic congestion in the street at that time. It has therefore been agreed that Walking Street will be closed to traffic until 3 a.m., after which vehicles can pass freely through.

Mayor Niran said that Walking Street is being extended to the Siam Bay Shore Hotel next to the Bali Hai pier, and an arch is currently being constructed. Also, the front entry arch is to be replaced, the existing one having been erected five years ago. The design will be changed to enhance the image of the street, and both front and rear arches will be the same.

Sunthorn requested tighter controls over itinerant vendors, such as those with live animals, and Pattaya police and the tourist police have agreed to cooperate in reducing the problem.

--Pattaya Mail 2005-06-10

Sunthorn requested tighter controls over itinerant vendors, such as those with live animals.....

such as khatoey bars?

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Sunthorn requested tighter controls over itinerant vendors, such as those with live animals.....

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such as khatoey bars?

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Waaaa Does this mean I won't be able to get anymore pics taken of me being strangled by a 2 meter boa constrictor or worse, an angry BG ? How will the guy with the iguana feed the poor wee little critter now ? Will he have to get a real job (the guy, not the iguana) ?

When the new Walking Street opens up down by Royal Garden Plaza, do you think it will have much effect on the original ? There was some talk that when the new one opens, the old one will be updated and renovated. Or is that just beer-speak ?

When the new Walking Street opens up down by Royal Garden Plaza, do you think it will have much effect on the original ?  There was some talk that when the new one opens, the old one will be updated and renovated.  Or is that just beer-speak ?

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Will a new Walking Street ever open? That is the question.

In another thread it talked about how the police say bars must cclose at 1am,here they say its 2am bar are to close,talk about one hand not knowing what the other does

In another thread it talked about how the police say bars must cclose at 1am,here they say its 2am bar are to close,talk about one hand not knowing what the other does

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Still 1a.m......bad reporting methinks.

Or maybe the guy meant that it was about 2a.m. when most business operators and staff got around to driving home...