PHOTOS: from the grand opening of the new Pattaya Underpass

[biggles45]

Banchang, good to hear but doesn't it just mean that you get a lovely fast run past Klang only to sit at the lights at Pattaya Thai?  The overall flow of traffic wouldn't seem to e that much imoroved? 

[DrTuner]

My guess is in a few months after Somchai hasn't bothered maintaining anything and they get their first fire in there, they'll pour it full of concrete. Maybe then they'll finally start building the elevated highway they should've done in the first place.

[Xaos]

Cheers. How are they stopping bikes from entering???

Dont worry they be praying on it.

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[thhMan]

4 hours ago, banchang said:

It is built at the top of a hill with a slope from one end to the other. The worst that will happen will be like a fast flowing river a couple of inches deep. So please everyone stop saying what happens when it floods!

Traffic flowing beautifully last night and today.

Great improvement, well done whoever thought it up.


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So you are asking us to Trust and have Faith in the Thais?

[smudger1951]

Obviously only for the hi-so in their limos happy to leave any sign of traditional thai life left in its wake. Not for the lady pushing a food trolley down to town, not for the man with an elephant, not for a cyclist and now no motorcycles.  

[NanLaew]

20 hours ago, lucjoker said:

Over speeding and overtaking ,what will happen when there is full trafic ?

My best guess is there will be no speeding or overtaking.

 

20 hours ago, lucjoker said:

If the fans not work and you have to wait in a blocked tunnel due to an accident ?

I think if you wind the windows up and put the aircon on recirculate (see below), you'll be just fine.

 

[NanLaew]

4 hours ago, smudger1951 said:

Not for the lady pushing a food trolley down to town, not for the man with an elephant, not for a cyclist and now no motorcycles.  

Correct. They have the Highway 7 spur for that.

[NanLaew]

Nice to see actual tunnel users posting factual findings. Admittedly it is early days yet and it is totally untested on a holiday weekend but it is much better to consider the positives than listen to the perpetual glass half-empty type posts. Yes it was a colossal overspend of someone elses money and construction took longer than the TV resident underpass builders claimed it should but if you don't like it what can you do? I mean really, think about it. What can you do?

[giddyup]

Where does the tunnel actually exit?

[NanLaew]

1 hour ago, giddyup said:

Where does the tunnel actually exit?

North end is around Father Ray's and south end is around Max Boxing Stadium/Texaco gas station.

Edited August 28, 2017 by NanLaew

[giddyup]

16 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

North end is around Father Ray's and south end is around Max Boxing Stadium/Texaco gas station.

Thanks

[lucjoker]

6 hours ago, NanLaew said:

My best guess is there will be no speeding or overtaking.

 

I think if you wind the windows up and put the aircon on recirculate (see below), you'll be just fine.

 

this is the automatic "turn back home " button ?

[banchang]

So you are asking us to Trust and have Faith in the Thais?

No I'm not. It's built, it's working. I don't think you need faith and trust in a whole nation just to accept a road improvement works.


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[SEEDGER]

Hm so people that ride bikes pay much less in taxes  than those in cars! Or is it they pay the same but are screwed by the no bikes rule?

[NanLaew]

On 8/27/2017 at 9:18 PM, thhMan said:

So you are asking us to Trust and have Faith in the Thais?

It is their country and despite noise to the contrary, we are merely guests here so what other options do you suggest? 

 

Having asked, I am pretty sure there are others that like to stay at home with their tinfoil hat collection though.

[NanLaew]

17 hours ago, lucjoker said:

this is the automatic "turn back home " button ?

Good call... how about BMW drivers who have a 'roundabout negotiating' button complete with the 'automatic roundabout negotiating' option.

 

[lucjoker]

1 hour ago, NanLaew said:

Good call... how about BMW drivers who have a 'roundabout negotiating' button complete with the 'automatic roundabout negotiating' option.

 

Nice !

 

But, do you dare to use this in Thailand?

[edd]

I went through yesterday
I can't see what all the fuss is
If you want to see a real tunnel try the Mersey tunnels.
Now that is a tunnel.

[giddyup]

55 minutes ago, edd said:

I went through yesterday
I can't see what all the fuss is
If you want to see a real tunnel try the Mersey tunnels.
Now that is a tunnel.

The Lærdal Tunnel (Norwegian: Lærdalstunnelen) is a 24.51-kilometre-long (15.23 mi) long road tunnel connecting Lærdal and Aurland in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway and located approximately 175–200 kilometres (109–124 mi) north-east of Bergen. It is the longest road tunnel in the world succeeding the Swiss Gotthard Road Tunnel. The tunnel carries two lanes of European Route E16 and represents the final link on the new main highway connecting Oslo and Bergen without ferry connections and difficult mountain crossings during winter.

[NanLaew]

15 minutes ago, giddyup said:

The Lærdal Tunnel (Norwegian: Lærdalstunnelen) is a 24.51-kilometre-long (15.23 mi) long road tunnel connecting Lærdal and Aurland in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway and located approximately 175–200 kilometres (109–124 mi) north-east of Bergen. It is the longest road tunnel in the world succeeding the Swiss Gotthard Road Tunnel. The tunnel carries two lanes of European Route E16 and represents the final link on the new main highway connecting Oslo and Bergen without ferry connections and difficult mountain crossings during winter.

Did that take ~3 years and a delayed opening due to a wet spot as well?

[thhMan]

On 8/29/2017 at 9:04 AM, NanLaew said:

It is their country and despite noise to the contrary, we are merely guests here so what other options do you suggest? 

 

Having asked, I am pretty sure there are others that like to stay at home with their tinfoil hat collection though.

As expats, all this bending over and taking it like a man BS, is just crazy.. Im still amazed people accept it as the norm... Its called Xenophobia... Keep wearing the tinfoil hat and believing you are nothing....
Even guests have rights... Soi Dogs have more rights.... 
How many years of reporting to probation immigration officials to confirm your felon tourist status does it take before you say, enough is enough... Its a wonder we dont all wear ankle bracelets... 

[NanLaew]

4 hours ago, thhMan said:

As expats, all this bending over and taking it like a man BS, is just crazy.. Im still amazed people accept it as the norm... Its called Xenophobia... Keep wearing the tinfoil hat and believing you are nothing....
Even guests have rights... Soi Dogs have more rights.... 
How many years of reporting to probation immigration officials to confirm your felon tourist status does it take before you say, enough is enough... Its a wonder we dont all wear ankle bracelets... 

Umm... you talking to me? None of that 90-day immigration obeisance rubbish for me. The only thing I do more frequently than post on TV is leave the enchanted kingdom.

 

It's called xenophilia. You should try it.