Rimmer Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 Pattaya tunnel project delayed PATTAYA:--The Sukhumvit-Central roads bypass tunnel will not open as planned this month, with holidays and insufficient work space pushing back its opening. The 837-million-baht tunnel was supposed to be completed by the end of February after more than two years of traffic-clogging construction. But work is only 92 percent complete and a construction foreman on site said it’s unknown how long the final 8 percent will take. Project manager Chairoj Thammniramai did not answer repeated telephone calls from the Pattaya Mail. The on-site foreman claimed that the many government holidays – most on the calendar before work began – contributed to the delays. He also complained that crews have been hampered by busy Sukhumvit Road. The need to keep as many lanes as possible open has cramped the construction workers, leaving them insufficient space to operate, he said. News of the delay will surprise few, as most critics predicted a construction job of this size would never be completed on time. But there are positive signs: A recent deluge that left many parts of Pattaya flooded had no effect on the inside of the tunnel, which remained dry. Workers are busy inside the tunnel doing interior work on electrical and drainage systems and even painting. Workers say an added layer of complexity was added with the planned construction of an elevator-equipped pedestrian bridge over Sukhumvit Road near the northern end of the tunnel zone. Read more: http://www.pattayamail.com/news/pattaya-tunnel-project-delayed-166819 -- © Copyright Pattaya Mail 2017-03-10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigpoint Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 No surprise there, bit of a delay going north on suk, 4 lane's into 1 now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taichiplanet Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 29 minutes ago, trigpoint said: No surprise there, bit of a delay going north on suk, 4 lane's into 1 now a bit of a delay! The other day it took me 20 minutes to get from South Pats to North Pats, and that was on a bike! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zakk9 Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 Amazing Pattaya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fforest1 Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 You got to feel bad for the people living on the dark side... 2 years and counting of traffic hell..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canopus1969 Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 1 hour ago, taichiplanet said: a bit of a delay! The other day it took me 20 minutes to get from South Pats to North Pats, and that was on a bike! Suggest next time to go down to 3rd Road, turn right and along to North ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destiny1990 Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 Are more tunnels in the pipeline? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halfaboy Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 No, but the reconstruction of Soi Siam Country Club is still ongoing ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigt3365 Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 21 minutes ago, Halfaboy said: No, but the reconstruction of Soi Siam Country Club is still ongoing ..... How long has that been now? At least a year, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taichiplanet Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 1 hour ago, canopus1969 said: Suggest next time to go down to 3rd Road, turn right and along to North ? did that yesterday, and not too bad, though South Rd was slow for cars. I was trying to keep it to myself, so 3rd Rd wouldn't become grid locked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Mega Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 Wasn't the initial projected timeline for the tunnel 3 years ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgordo38 Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 54 minutes ago, Halfaboy said: No, but the reconstruction of Soi Siam Country Club is still ongoing ..... Another priority project no doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamgeorgeallen Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 short term pain for the long term good. the tunnel looks like it will be very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jip99 Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 1 hour ago, canopus1969 said: Suggest next time to go down to 3rd Road, turn right and along to North ? !!!!! Now you have buggered it !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xaos Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 They making new motorway around Ambasador to BKK that be good too.Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mok199 Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 delayed is ok,i feared the word ''SCRAPED OR FAILED''...cha cha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destiny1990 Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 21 minutes ago, Xaos said: They making new motorway around Ambasador to BKK that be good too. Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk Yes that will really lower traffic on sukumvit once its operational..all traffic from sriracha to rayong will take that highway instead.and also bkk to jomtien traffic will take that highway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhind1 Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 1 hour ago, Halfaboy said: No, but the reconstruction of Soi Siam Country Club is still ongoing ..... Siam Country club has been under construction for at least 5 years, possibly 6. It was open briefly about 1.5 to 2 years ago, but soon closed again for a make over. The politicos and the construction company on that project are making $ hand over fist, or should I say "layer of the road over layer" of the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Star Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 Opening after the end of April is probably a good thing. Having to drive under a pedestrian bridge of any sort, one would expect to suffer by presenting yourself as an easy Sonkran target. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Mega Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 11 minutes ago, Gold Star said: Opening after the end of April is probably a good thing. Having to drive under a pedestrian bridge of any sort, one would expect to suffer by presenting yourself as an easy Sonkran target. Never used to be an issue with the old bridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BsBs Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 Happy Songrkan to everybody who will have to cross Pattaya this year ! Enjoy your poor life ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanW Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 54 minutes ago, BsBs said: Happy Songrkan to everybody who will have to cross Pattaya this year ! Enjoy your poor life ! Correct. I stock up the fridge and watch the madness unfold with so many unnecessary deaths!!! Truly bizarre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Mega Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 Just now, NormanW said: watch the madness unfold with so many unnecessary deaths!!! Less than a normal day on Thai roads !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realenglish1 Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 They say that government holidays responsible for the delays I would not want that contractor involved in building my house How the heck do they Not consider holidays into their projections They are just making excuses for the delay or then are total idiots or both Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanLaew Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 Since most of the remaining 8% to completion appears to b in the tunnel itself which has absolutely no traffic disruption, why is it taking them so long to do the resurfacing and sealing of the slip roads on either side. Sometimes it looks like they only have enough money for 10 trucks and 200 m of new bitumen at a time. I will admit that they have become quite adept at moving the rows of concrete lane dividers several times a day to fit around the scatter-gun resurfacing project. Regarding the time to install the pedestrian overpasses, learning that they will have elevators at each side explains why they reckon that will take a further 8 months to complete this. I thought that incorporating pedestrian underpasses like they have in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur would have been a much more elegant solution. Then again, making an elevated highway instead of this bloody tunnel was obviously not expensive enough for the then sitting city management. Note how the remaining buggered up bit of SSCC is the bit that comes under Pattaya City's jurisdiction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joepattaya1961 Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 Wait wait.....at the start of the project the estimated date of completion would be somewhere beginning of April 2018. Then suddenly and as a big surprise in October last year it was announced that completion would be end of February 2017. Now, a "delay" until Songkran 2017 is expected. What's the delay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overherebc Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 4 hours ago, NanLaew said: Since most of the remaining 8% to completion appears to b in the tunnel itself which has absolutely no traffic disruption, why is it taking them so long to do the resurfacing and sealing of the slip roads on either side. Sometimes it looks like they only have enough money for 10 trucks and 200 m of new bitumen at a time. I will admit that they have become quite adept at moving the rows of concrete lane dividers several times a day to fit around the scatter-gun resurfacing project. Regarding the time to install the pedestrian overpasses, learning that they will have elevators at each side explains why they reckon that will take a further 8 months to complete this. I thought that incorporating pedestrian underpasses like they have in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur would have been a much more elegant solution. Then again, making an elevated highway instead of this bloody tunnel was obviously not expensive enough for the then sitting city management. Note how the remaining buggered up bit of SSCC is the bit that comes under Pattaya City's jurisdiction. You've done again. Take a good going moaning thread and totally ruin it by throwing in real facts and common sense. Stand in the corner for 30 minutes and have a word with yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigt3365 Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 Just went both ways. What an absolute mess. They should be embarrassed. Traffic is really backed up. Both ways the lane on the outside is a disaster. Dirt, rocks, holes. Horrible. Absolutely terrible. I was in Latvia a few years ago. Saw them resurfacing a highway. They could do about 2km of road an hour. From start to finish. What a professional job. Here, we've been waiting for a long time for a properly resurfaced road outside the tunnel. Unreal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allstars Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 On 3/10/2017 at 11:59 AM, Rimmer said: Not sure if anyone has noticed this already, however it would be difficult not to, at the exit of the tunnel when you drive Northbound there is a wet spot on the Sukhumit road surface for about 3 months already even when it hasn't rained for weeks. It is where the car, behind the bus in the picture, is situated and on the newly laid surface. A few months ago I noticed a "bunch of engineers" standing and staring at the wet spot, but other then it getting bigger by the day nothing has changed since How long before the road surface will start crumbling and a big hole will appear? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destiny1990 Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 1 hour ago, Allstars said: Not sure if anyone has noticed this already, however it would be difficult not to, at the exit of the tunnel when you drive Northbound there is a wet spot on the Sukhumit road surface for about 3 months already even when it hasn't rained for weeks. It is where the car, behind the bus in the picture, is situated and on the newly laid surface. A few months ago I noticed a "bunch of engineers" standing and staring at the wet spot, but other then it getting bigger by the day nothing has changed since How long before the road surface will start crumbling and a big hole will appear? Well usually holes will start to pop up soon as traffic drives over the improved roads again so u need to wait patiently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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