Recreation given priority in planned Jomtien Beach renovation

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Recreation given priority in planned Jomtien Beach renovation 

PATTAYA:--Parks, playgrounds and a bike lane top the list of improvements Pattaya is planning for its 600 million baht renovation of Jomtien Beach.

 

Patterned after the facelift underway on Pattaya Beach, the Jomtien makeover still is a long way from reality. Designs are still being drawn and a budget request has yet to be made. With the beachfront facing similar erosion problems to what has occurred in Pattaya, residents and tourists have to hope the money comes through soon.

 

Pattaya engineering and construction chief Sunthorn Sompamai said the four-phase project covers the beachfront from Dongtan Beach to the border with Najomtien Sub-district. The emphasis for the project is on facilitating recreation.

 

The main changes will be the modification of the footpaths, with trees and flowers planted, as well as construction of lane for runners and bikers, a recreation park, water activities park, public-use building, children’s playground, a park for the elderly and a new pavilion at Pratamnak Hill’s Yim Yom Beach.

 

- See more at: http://www.pattayamail.com/localnews/recreation-given-priority-in-planned-jomtien-beach-renovation-39954#sthash.RWORUlli.dpuf

 

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[bartender100]

Sort the state of the roads out in Jomtien first please

[Awohalitsiktoli]

Sort the state of the roads out in Jomtien first please

 

The beach is the main reason most people come to Jomtien.  The beach area has certainly gone way downhill over the past ten years and is in need of improvement.  Odd that they now want to plant trees after cutting down most of the old-growth trees.  Planting trees is, however, a very good idea, but not palm trees, which provide virtually no shade, produce large "stones" that hit people in the head, and do almost nothing to prevent erosion.  It would be great if the City would get rid of 90 per cent of the beach vendors with their umbrellas and forbid boom trucks from blasting music up and down the beach.

[mikebell]

Sort the state of the roads out in Jomtien first please

It's just taken me 20 minutes to get to Sukhumvit from Beach road up Chaiapreuk Rd.  Why would anyone go to Jomtien to sit in a traffic jam?

There used to be a way of avoiding Chaiapreuk by continuing up Beach road and/or 2nd Rd but having put in new traffic lights & a lovely new junction near the court, the authorities have closed the junction; switched off the lights & forced traffic further afield seeking U-turns until they've created a death-trap near the Elephant camp turn-off.

Ting-Tong.