Asiantravel Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 (edited) Has anyone noticed the highly irregular surface in the second road near the corner of South pattaya road ? Just after the traffic lights as you go along Second road where are all the baht buses are parked on the left (passing places like boat bakery, which is on the right) the road surface has become wavy. Does anyone know what is causing this? You keep going up and down, up and down for quite a considerable distance along second road ( as if the ground below is not so stable anymore ) and then when you reach Royal Garden Plaza, they have a huge number of holes that have been driven into the road and there are pieces of fabric sticking out these holes. I can only assume that all of this is related. I'm mentioning this because you hear about sinkholes developing. Edited June 28, 2014 by Asiantravel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaicookingchef Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Rain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoli Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Drove that spot yesterday. Thought I was on a ride at Disneyland. Thanks for verifying that it wasn't just me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suradit69 Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 About a week or so ago they had signs up prohibiting parking over night along the westerly section running up to the area around where Royal Garden is at least. Fairly early the next morning (possibly throughout the night) they were using jackhammers doing something. In places where they had finished it looked like they had put in a number of small holes from which something ... black rubber or plastic ... showed slightly above the surface. Haven't thought to look since then. At the time it almost looked like they were adding drainage, but drainage into what remains unclear. At this time of the year thoughts turn to tackling flooding ... with varying degrees of success. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i claudius Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 When i first came to Pattaya (all those years ago) you could swim in the potholes in 2nd road after rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmicheald Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 It is because they don't hold the contractors to any standard of due dilligence. They do shit work with no consequences. I live in Jomtien Beach and when they did the new 2nd road there was a section about 500 meters long that didn't get finished for a year because neither contractor was "responsible for it"... Typical 4th world infrastructure. Rhompho Market gets about 3 feet of water during a hard rain as do other places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asiantravel Posted June 29, 2014 Author Share Posted June 29, 2014 Drove that spot yesterday. Thought I was on a ride at Disneyland. Thanks for verifying that it wasn't just me. And thanks for verifying that it wasn't just me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asiantravel Posted June 29, 2014 Author Share Posted June 29, 2014 (edited) About a week or so ago they had signs up prohibiting parking over night along the westerly section running up to the area around where Royal Garden is at least. Fairly early the next morning (possibly throughout the night) they were using jackhammers doing something. In places where they had finished it looked like they had put in a number of small holes from which something ... black rubber or plastic ... showed slightly above the surface. Haven't thought to look since then. At the time it almost looked like they were adding drainage, but drainage into what remains unclear. At this time of the year thoughts turn to tackling flooding ... with varying degrees of success. " black rubber or plastic ... showed slightly above the surface " yes, that's it and it's all still there Edited June 29, 2014 by Asiantravel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falconsforge Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Last night they were pumping what looked like concrete into the pre drilled holes so i would be guessing some sort of underpinning for the road surface. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suradit69 Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 (edited) It is because they don't hold the contractors to any standard of due dilligence. They do shit work with no consequences. I live in Jomtien Beach and when they did the new 2nd road there was a section about 500 meters long that didn't get finished for a year because neither contractor was "responsible for it"... Typical 4th world infrastructure. Rhompho Market gets about 3 feet of water during a hard rain as do other places. Typical 4th world infrastructure. Typical Thai Visa bashing without any sense of what the situation is back in Farang Utopia. Apparently rain in North Yorkshire is an unforeseen event. Sixth sinkhole in a month as more rain forecast Three houses are evacuated in Ripon, North Yorkshire, amid fears they could collapse, as forecasters predict more rain http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/weather/10645570/Sixth-sinkhole-in-a-month-as-more-rain-forecasted.html Edited June 29, 2014 by Suradit69 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suradit69 Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 (edited) When i first came to Pattaya (all those years ago) you could swim in the potholes in 2nd road after rain. First you'd need to locate the potholes beneath the waves ... and you needn't go back many years. Edited June 29, 2014 by Suradit69 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARGUSEYE Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 .......But not everybody on Thaivisa comes from a 3rd world infrastructure country like the US of A, Suradit!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddyjenkins Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 It is because they don't hold the contractors to any standard of due dilligence. They do shit work with no consequences. I live in Jomtien Beach and when they did the new 2nd road there was a section about 500 meters long that didn't get finished for a year because neither contractor was "responsible for it"... Typical 4th world infrastructure. Rhompho Market gets about 3 feet of water during a hard rain as do other places. Typical 4th world infrastructure. Typical Thai Visa bashing without any sense of what the situation is back in Farang Utopia. Sixth sinkhole in a month as more rain forecast Three houses are evacuated in Ripon, North Yorkshire, amid fears they could collapse, as forecasters predict more rain http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/weather/10645570/Sixth-sinkhole-in-a-month-as-more-rain-forecasted.html The fact that not all bridges in America are perfect doesn't mean construction in Thailand is good...it also doesn't mean standards of construction in Thailand can be excused....Thai standards of construction are a lot crappier than in the US, of that I am sure....and by the way, I am not American...but you seem to have chip on your shoulder Sent from my iPad using Thaivisa Connect Thailand 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LennyW Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Maybe the beach erosion is worse than they think !! Sent from my GT-N7100 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clutch Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 It's still bad today. It's slowly becoming a motorX track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asiantravel Posted June 29, 2014 Author Share Posted June 29, 2014 It's still bad today. It's slowly becoming a motorX track. If they are pumping what falconsforge said looked like concrete into the pre drilled holes that’s all the way up at Royal Garden Plaza so I can't see how they're going to address that undulating surface near the traffic light junction? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMGImInPattaya Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 It is because they don't hold the contractors to any standard of due dilligence. They do shit work with no consequences. I live in Jomtien Beach and when they did the new 2nd road there was a section about 500 meters long that didn't get finished for a year because neither contractor was "responsible for it"... Typical 4th world infrastructure. Rhompho Market gets about 3 feet of water during a hard rain as do other places. Typical 4th world infrastructure. Typical Thai Visa bashing without any sense of what the situation is back in Farang Utopia. Apparently rain in North Yorkshire is an unforeseen event. Sixth sinkhole in a month as more rain forecast Three houses are evacuated in Ripon, North Yorkshire, amid fears they could collapse, as forecasters predict more rain http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/weather/10645570/Sixth-sinkhole-in-a-month-as-more-rain-forecasted.html Agree...you gotta wonder why such wingers came to or choose to stay in such a "4th World" country! Considering the relative levels of economic development, (per capita GDP around US$ 5,500 vs 50,000 [2013 World Bank]) I think Thailand's infrastructure, while certainly not perfect, fares pretty well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMGImInPattaya Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 .......But not everybody on Thaivisa comes from a 3rd world infrastructure country like the US of A, Suradit!!! I'm sure the roads will be better when Thailand has those overall 70-90 percent tax rates found in many countries with really nice roads and bridges (often to nowhere). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asiantravel Posted June 30, 2014 Author Share Posted June 30, 2014 It's still bad today. It's slowly becoming a motorX track. Just travelled along it again today and it's definitely getting worse! The part that was already undulating has even deeper undulations and has spread from Royal Garden Plaza down to Mike shopping mall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanLaew Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Maybe they are fixing the speeding motorcycle problem? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddyjenkins Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 I'm no engineer, but It could be that recent heat has caused road sections near the south end to expand, creating buckling and pressure into the next section. That section then pushes onto the next until you end up with a wave like undulating formation that damages the whole road. It could have started at one end and essentially moved further along, like a rope shaken at one end. Sent from my iPad using Thaivisa Connect Thailand 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMGImInPattaya Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 I'm no engineer, but It could be that recent heat has caused road sections near the south end to expand, creating buckling and pressure into the next section. That section then pushes onto the next until you end up with a wave like undulating formation that damages the whole road. It could have started at one end and essentially moved further along, like a rope shaken at one end. Sent from my iPad using Thaivisa Connect Thailand Agreed...just about everything bad about Thailand can be put down to the heat! I even blame the coup for the heat...it's so hot in Thailand the the hot-heads in politics could never get cool enough to iron out their differences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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