Bigger pipes would solve Beach Road flooding, but Pattaya can’t afford them

[Rimmer]

Bigger pipes would solve Beach Road flooding, but Pattaya can’t afford them

PATTAYA:--After discovering that their newly installed pumps weren’t going to solve Beach Road’s chronic flooding problem, Pattaya officials were told they should install new, wider drainage pipes at three beachfront locations.

Thanawat Jarupongsakul of the Chulalongkorn University Department of Geology, which has been the consultant to the city on the Pattaya Beach refill project, told Deputy Mayor Verawat Khakhay and officials from the Marine and Engineering department that, instead of pumps at three places along Beach Road, the city needs bigger pipes.

- See more at: http://www.pattayamail.com/localnews/bigger-pipes-would-solve-beach-road-flooding-but-pattaya-can-t-afford-them-42767#sthash.zkwnIGcj.dpuf

-- Pattaya Mail 2014-11-14

[champers]

Open cut trenching. Get ready for major road works and massive disruption. On Beach Road. Er...maybe not. Well, not till next low season.

[champers]

What they really need is some of these beauties.

waterprojectsonline.com/case_studies/2009/UU_Barrow_2009.pdf

[xen]

If the gentleman from the Chulalongkorn University Department of Geology and was THE ,as in the only, consultant i think that highlights some of the problem. To design drainage that works it should have been a multi disciplined team with a geologist as one of the sub consultants. It sounds like an accountant may hay have been the prime consultant or superintendent ,and without mentioning graft , it is little wonder why it fails to do what was intended and more money needs to be spent . Penny wise / Pound foolish .

[Langsuan Man]

The bigger the pipes, the more crap the Thais will put down them. More garbage, more cooking grease, more sewage, etc.

[slygeeza]

this is in fact the solution, and its not too difficult or expensive, cheaper then the other options in the long run, but it seems the money ran out before they were able to replace the seating on the beach so maybe thats true

[doggie888888]

But the time they add up the cost of the band aid solutions applied to fix flooding all over pattaya over say last 10 years, I am sure they can afford to bulldoze the entire town and start again

[JoeBlowFromUSA]

Quick, get hold of the chief engineer. Water runs downhill, tell him.

I'm from North America. Maybe it's different down here near the equator?

[Don Mega]

Lots of speedboats in Pattaya Bay. Why can't these be used to assist with water removal ?

[Langsuan Man]

Lots of speedboats in Pattaya Bay. Why can't these be used to assist with water removal ?

Of course that is the solution

Just like tying boats to the Bangkok bridges to speed up the flow of water to the sea worked so well a couple of years ago

[slygeeza]

In other news earlier this month Pattaya officials announced plans to use 170 million baht of the 600 million baht originally requested for the beach-refill project to install four new, larger drainage pipelines at four points on Beach Road. The pipelines would be laid in two phases, with a 60 million baht first-phase set to begin immediately.

so Im not sure if they spent the 60 mil accidentally over the last 2 weeks or if the news item in the op is incorrect?