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    Pattaya city to move forward with major drainage project intended to fix flooding by

    Pattaya City will start a major new five-year project that will have a significant budget with the first phase of construction set for next year to help solve the continual flooding problems along the Eastern Pattaya railway road area, as well as improvements to the South Pattaya drainage system.


    This is part of an overall Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) plan to improve the infrastructure of Pattaya City, as well as to prepare for an eventual high-speed rail that is being installed in the area as a flagship project of the EEC. The high-speed rail lines are currently planned to run in railway areas that currently suffer substantial flooding, thus, the project is a priority for not just local and regional officials but also national, with the project personally being approved by Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan

    The Pattaya City Mayor Sonthaya Khunplume told The Pattaya News, “A major meeting was held last Friday (June 11th) with the Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan and relevant agencies via a video conference.”

    Mr. Sonthaya told associated Thai press, “The project has been approved as part of the first period of an overall restoration and EEC plan which will start from the Eastern railway road and stretch to Central Pattaya and to the South Pattaya Canal.”

    “The project will essentially install tunnels to the sea to control flooding in the Eastern (darkside) part of Pattaya, especially around the railway roads and land that is set to be utilized for a future high-speed rail line. The total distance will be about three kilometers.” The Mayor added.


    “The project will start in the next fiscal year and last until the 2026 fiscal year which will in total take five years. This project will also fix some outstanding issues from prior drainage projects in South Pattaya and substantially resolve flooding issues for the Pattaya area.” Mayor Khunplume concluded.


    Flooding has long been a sore point for Pattaya, with many projects instituted over the years to attempt to resolve the problem. The numerous projects have often caused traffic delays and temporary road closures, frustrating many residents who have expressed their opinions on social media. However, as city officials noted several times, the situation must be resolved for a high-speed rail to successfully be instituted in the Pattaya area.

    It would seem, notes TPN media, that the central government agrees, with DPM Prawit having taken a direct interest in resolving the problem.


    Pattaya city to move forward with major drainage project intended to fix flooding by Pattaya railway - The Pattaya News

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    for a high-speed rail to successfully be instituted in the Pattaya area.
    The only way I can see that successfully happening is if they elevate the line.

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    Are they by any chance digging up Beach Road at the moment?

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    The only way this will be done properly is if funds are allocated from central government and ring-fenced from Thai interference by a consortium of international contractors working to the management of an international company under the supervision of the international court of justice at the Hague.

    The thing is, they just can't help themselves and will fuck it up through innate incompetence and graft.

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    We are aware that they plan to commission a number of pumping stations along the railway road but fear they don't know where to redirect all the storm water.

    The main flooding problem, in East Pattaya, eventuated when the Pattaya - Chon Buri Motorway 7 was built and not enough storm water drainage was provided underneath and alongside the construction. The motorway actually is a dam splitting East Pattaya in half.

    We have also been told the main water treatment plant does not have the capacity to handle the volume of storm water during heavy rains even though most of the drains leading to the plant are blocked with rubbish.

    Solve the motorway problem, increase the water treatment plant capacity and clear the drains and things should improve.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Seekingasylum View Post
    The only way this will be done properly is if funds are allocated from central government and ring-fenced from Thai interference by a consortium of international contractors working to the management of an international company under the supervision of the international court of justice at the Hague.

    The thing is, they just can't help themselves and will fuck it up through innate incompetence and graft.
    Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC)

    It has a very Chinese ring to it. Maybe China will be in charge.

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    "We are aware that they plan to commission a number of pumping stations along the railway road but fear they don't know where to redirect all the storm water. " That is easy fixed. You pump the water to the next pumping station and let them worry about it!

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    its happening here in korat right now,behind us,we would like to know where the water is going,the project is to ease the flooding at save one,which happens every yr.

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    Thai logic... Problem: We've installed the new road drainage system too high and the road still floods. Solution. No problem rebuild the road higher... Problem solved.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hugh Cow View Post
    Thai logic... Problem: We've installed the new road drainage system too high and the road still floods. Solution. No problem rebuild the road higher... Problem solved.
    they put in a new drainage system last yr.works ok.but now they are digging it all up.its got to be a big budget as its a hell of a big job.with a lot of mess,hope they dont use that cheap cellotape thats used every week for burst main water supply.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Loy Toy View Post
    We are aware that they plan to commission a number of pumping stations along the railway road but fear they don't know where to redirect all the storm water.

    The main flooding problem, in East Pattaya, eventuated when the Pattaya - Chon Buri Motorway 7 was built and not enough storm water drainage was provided underneath and alongside the construction. The motorway actually is a dam splitting East Pattaya in half.

    We have also been told the main water treatment plant does not have the capacity to handle the volume of storm water during heavy rains even though most of the drains leading to the plant are blocked with rubbish.

    Solve the motorway problem, increase the water treatment plant capacity and clear the drains and things should improve.
    The problem is more fundamental. The linear conurbation that extends down from Banglamung to Jomtien is in the lee of an escarpment and historically drainage inevitably flowed from east to west into the sea but this natural flow has been blocked by fifty years of development geared to short term gain and profit taking rather than on capital projects underpinning the common good, a concept of course beyond these ghastly people.

    They need to spend billions on a municipal-wide project that incorporates a functioning drainage/ sewage system for the entire city, a project that should include proper pavements along the length of its major thoroughfares and the introduction of a public transport system using regulated omnibuses on licensed routes.

    In short, they need to begin the construction of an infrastructure that existed in its entirety in Singapore by 1969.

    As it is Pattaya is in many areas a stinking, flood prone, ramshackle shithole but then, that's most of Thailand so what the heck, eh?

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    I seem to remember them "solving Pattaya's drainage" problem back in the 90's. Is this an annual fund raising exercise I wonder?

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    Quote Originally Posted by headhunter View Post
    its happening here in korat right now,behind us,we would like to know where the water is going,the project is to ease the flooding at save one,which happens every yr.
    Didn't they build an Asia Games stadium on the flood plain?

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    ^^Taking anything at face value from a Thai is utterly futile. Frankly, I don't think as a race they have any capacity for abstract thought at all, and when it comes to making forecasts their assurances, promises, hopes or expectations are as disconnected from a wider reality as a lump of wood might be from Albert Einstein.

    Thai using the future tense is little more than an expression of fantasy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Seekingasylum View Post
    ^^Taking anything at face value from a Thai is utterly futile. Frankly, I don't think as a race they have any capacity for abstract thought at all, and when it comes to making forecasts their assurances, promises, hopes or expectations are as disconnected from a wider reality as a lump of wood might be from Albert Einstein.

    Thai using the future tense is little more than an expression of fantasy.
    Yes, but whenever you see something along the lines of
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    <Insert City Here> City will start a major new <insert number of years here>-year project that will have a significant budget
    You can definitely forecast that the snouts are already in the trough and the budget will be "spent" long before said project is anywhere near completion.

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