Heavy rain leaves behind flooded streets, holes in beach

PATTAYA:--Hours of heavy rain and Pattaya’s feeble drainage system conspired again to flood the city, this time also digging out trenches on Pattaya Beach.

Most areas of the city flooded badly during the Sept. 11 storm, with many streets retaining up to a meter of water. Even on Third Road water ran 40cm deep, causing many motorbike riders to give up and simply walk their bikes.

Along Pattaya Beach between Sois 1 and 5, flood runoff dug holes 50-80cm deep in the sand, leaving many parts of the beach unusable once the skies cleared. Beach chair vendors bemoaned the lack of business and tourists complained about having nowhere to sunbathe.

Beach vendors said the damage to the beach could have been prevented if they’d been allowed to place sandbags on the Beach Road promenade, as they did last year.

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-- Pattaya Mail 2014-09-19

The only people who are surprised by this annual flooding joke are the dear leaders of this fair city and the shyster developers who contribute to the problem with the soil run offs from their sites.

Edited September 19, 201411 yr by doggie888888

This was over a week ago!