Area officials begin making good on threats to clear South Pattaya canal

[Rimmer]

Area officials begin making good on threats to clear South Pattaya canal

PATTAYA:--Area officials are beginning to make good on promises to clear the South Pattaya drainage canal of privately owned obstructions, sending more than 100 workers and equipment to remove roads, bridges and buildings encroaching on public land.

Banglamung District Chief Sakchai Taengho and Pattaya deputy mayors Verawat Khakhay and Ronakit Ekasingh oversaw the April 22 operation employing a backhoe, trucks and digging equipment near Soi Marine.

Sakchai had met with Pattaya officials April 8 to plan the removal of the illegal structures blocking the flow of storm runoff to the sea. At that meeting, Verawat reported that a recent inspection found up to 14 structures trespassing on the canal, covering about 4.5 rai of land.

He promised that city hall would demolish the impeding structures April 22. In a rare exception to the usual practice, city hall actually carried out its threat.

- See more at: http://www.pattayamail.com/localnews/area-officials-begin-making-good-on-threats-to-clear-south-pattaya-canal-37224#sthash.IovbjlEA.dpuf

-- Pattaya Mail 2014-05-03

[Basil B]

"He promised that city hall would demolish the impeding structures April 22. In a rare exception to the usual practice, city hall actually carried out its threat."

​Before we congratulate City Hall, lets see if they finish the job first...

Then they could move the team to clearing public walk ways for the "Wheel Chair Route" http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/723309-sporadic-work-on-central-pattaya-wheelchair-route-stops-again/

Then the could tackle all the illegal obstructions of public walk ways, could name that as operation "Paint the Fourth Bridge".

[Pattaya46]

Another article on this subject, with 60% of work done

http://www.pattayadailynews.com/pattaya-news/2014/05/03/pattaya-city-has-dismantled-60-of-the-builds/

[Pattaya46]

For those who never noticed this canal:

At Tony's Gym entrance on Soi 16

Idem, with the digger still here for more cleaning

In the back of Square Soho.

They didn't joked and really destroyed a lot of things here!

A lovely place at 100m from Walking Street

I like it. And it means sub-canals somewhere under the concrete...

Look at the red line on the ground. More demolition to come

Some big termites by here

Walking Street: A quiet and green area