Jambo Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 I just logged into this topic and it opened up on a post by Thai Spice! How to ruin a morning! 🤣 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john luke Posted February 14, 2022 Author Share Posted February 14, 2022 Work ongoing on the spur near the Dusit Thani Hotel. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john luke Posted February 20, 2022 Author Share Posted February 20, 2022 I am not sure what the overall plan is for this location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Streak Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 6 hours ago, john luke said: I am not sure what the overall plan is for this location. Part of Dusit Thani like it all ready is.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john luke Posted February 21, 2022 Author Share Posted February 21, 2022 11 hours ago, Blue Streak said: Part of Dusit Thani like it all ready is.... My recollection from pre covid days was that there was some dispute between the authorities and the owners of the hotel as to whether the hotel had built on public land. Â I seem to recall some structures forming part of the hotel were removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boydeste Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 This jetty is new to me too, what is the purpose of it, other than it's nice to fish from? Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 52 minutes ago, john luke said: My recollection from pre covid days was that there was some dispute between the authorities and the owners of the hotel as to whether the hotel had built on public land. Â I seem to recall some structures forming part of the hotel were removed. That is my recollection as well. I had pictures of what was removed, but sadly they were lost when Ben used the nuclear option on the Shhh forumn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 18 minutes ago, boydeste said: This jetty is new to me too, what is the purpose of it, other than it's nice to fish from? That's the storm water outflow from the pumping station to your left, and the storm drains that were behind you when you took the pic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boydeste Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 2 minutes ago, forcebwithu said: That's the storm water outflow from the pumping station to your left, and the storm drains that were behind you when you took the pic. So the pipes run out under that Jetty now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 7 minutes ago, boydeste said: So the pipes run out under that Jetty now? There's a pipe from the pumping station, but the jetty itself is just two concrete drainage channels. Pic from Sept, 2021. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boydeste Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 (edited) 4 minutes ago, forcebwithu said: There's a pipe from the pumping station, but the jetty itself is just two concrete drainage channels. Pic from Sept, 2021. Ah, got it now thanks, those gates were closed earlier when I took the picture with guys fishing, so I didn't walk to the end. Edited February 21, 2022 by boydeste Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Made the trek out to the work site on the north end of the beach this morning. Asked and was granted permission to walk on the work site to snap a few pictures. I'll leave it to another BM to come up with the full translation, but if the 49,600,000 is the budget for the project that seems rather high to me for what looks like throwing down more rocks and possibly covering everything with a layer of concrete. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Streak Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 7 hours ago, john luke said: My recollection from pre covid days was that there was some dispute between the authorities and the owners of the hotel as to whether the hotel had built on public land. Â I seem to recall some structures forming part of the hotel were removed. Forcebwithu's snap says it all the wall down to the beach..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasseye Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 13 hours ago, boydeste said: This jetty is new to me too, what is the purpose of it, other than it's nice to fish from?   It appears they finally closed up that wretched shithole (welcoming folks near the entrance of Walking Street) from several pics/videos I've seen lately.  Making progress it appears - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Streak Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 A few close and personal with the work by Dusit Thani.......... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john luke Posted February 26, 2022 Author Share Posted February 26, 2022 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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john luke Posted September 6, 2022 Author Share Posted September 6, 2022 The beach took a significant 'hammering' over the last 48 hours. Â I have taken a series of photographs but this, at the moment seems the most impactive, as far as water draining from Beach Road and creating water tracks in the sand. Â You can see sand eroded away right down to the sand bags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john luke Posted September 6, 2022 Author Share Posted September 6, 2022 A selection from the beach this morning. Â 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyman Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 Same old story. Buy a beach, beach washes away, buy another beach.  1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 5 hours ago, john luke said: The beach took a significant 'hammering' over the last 48 hours. Â I have taken a series of photographs but this, at the moment seems the most impactive, as far as water draining from Beach Road and creating water tracks in the sand. Â You can see sand eroded away right down to the sand bags. Still quite an improvement from years past. The "Hilton Waterfall" circa Oct 2015. Â 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommy dee Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 at least it was "designed" for the diggers to be able to revamp it when the floods ruin it. not a shabby idea 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom51red Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 4 hours ago, monkeyman said: Same old story. Buy a beach, beach washes away, buy another beach.  Yip they need to fix the source properly ie the drainage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Penevil Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 1 hour ago, Phantom51red said: Yip they need to fix the source properly ie the drainage. And that's hugely difficult to fix at this stage.  Central Pattaya now rests on a layer of concrete. The spongy ground which 20 to 50 years ago soaked up much of the runoff from excess rainfall has been covered over to allow building. As a result, the East-West roads and streets have become runoff channels to the sea during every heavy rain. The water has nowhere else to go, thanks to an inadequate drainage system. Since Pattaya is built on a bit of an incline, the water gathers force as it rushes towards the sea. In past years, I've seen water in a torrent down Soi Diana between Soi Bukhao and Second Road, while the water was waist-high at the intersections of Second Road with Pattaya Tai and Pattaya Klang. The "torrential effect" reaches its culmination as the water reaches Beach Road, hence the massive erosion to the beach. The new drainage works will hopefully help limit flooding, but it's almost impossible to alleviate the effects of 50 years of intensive building done without proper thought to drainage. However, it does seem from the photos that it's now easier to repair the erosion to the beach. Ever beach in the world takes something of a beating if it's hit by runoff from flooding. Evil  4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom51red Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 16 minutes ago, Evil Penevil said: And that's hugely difficult to fix at this stage.   Since Pattaya is built on a bit of an incline, the water gathers force as it rushes towards the sea. In past years, I've seen water in a torrent down Soi Diana between Soi Bukhao and Second Road, while the water was waist-high at the intersections of Second Road with Pattaya Tai and Pattaya Klang.  Evil  I remember a real bad one,was staying at pattaya br,took me over an hour to wade through the water and back to pbr from the corner bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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