Sporadic work on central Pattaya wheelchair route stops again

[Rimmer]

Sporadic work on central Pattaya wheelchair route stops again

PATTAYA:--The on-again, off-again construction of a 3 million baht wheelchair path near the Redemptorist Vocational School for Persons with Disabilities has hit another pothole as Pattaya City Hall tries to remove private structures encroaching on the public roadway.

Phuwiang Pothita, the city architect heading the effort to build the 15-centimeter-high path connecting the Redemptorist School with Big C Extra, said private homeowners and businesses have built out their property into Soi Paniadchang, blocking the slow-moving construction workers.

Since it was announced in October, the wheelchair route has been a repeated source of disappointment for disabled students and staff. Work finally began in late December, then stopped again, only to resume Feb. 25.

Samart Ngernmanmee, a local motorcycle-taxi driver, said no construction has been done on the path for about a month, causing traffic problems in the area due to roadworks left abandoned by work crews.

- See more at: http://www.pattayamail.com/localnews/sporadic-work-on-central-pattaya-wheelchair-route-stops-again-37225#sthash.BbHELnUB.dpuf

-- Pattaya Mail 2014-05-03

[champers]

Two very brave lads in the photo. They deserve a whole lot better than they are getting.

[i claudius]

So just a normal construction contract being carried out ,Amazing Thailand

[FATOZ]

If it is anything like most of Thailand, people in wheelchairs won't be able to use the path when it is completed anyway, it will be covered in souvenir stalls and <deleted> riding motorcycles