Pattaya’s Public Works
Division is digging a 2.5 kilometer temporary reservoir along the
railway line in another attempt to alleviate flooding in the city.
Itthiphol said this new canal should be able to hold about 50% of all
rain water headed toward lower levels in the city, but he admitted that
if heavy rains last longer than 30 minutes, then the water will flood
Sukhumvit Road between South and Central Pattaya. Slated to hold 100,000
square meters of water, the digging should be done by next week.
Urasin Khantaraphan & Surasak Huasoon
Pattaya’s Public Works Division is digging a temporary reservoir
along the railway line in another attempt to alleviate flooding in the
city.
The reservoir will act as a holding basin to provide a flood barrier
between outlying areas and the inner city. It is being dug 3 meters wide
by 3 meters deep, and will run for 2.5 kilometers along the railway road
from Soi Khao Noi to Soi Khao Talo. It is slated to hold 100,000 square
meters of water.
Mayor Itthiphol Kunplome
and his entourage of government officials and media visited the
construction site on June 24, saying that the city has been working to
improve floodways by laying new drainage pipes and cleaning out canals
to let water flow more freely.
Deputy Mayor Verawat Khakhay is supervising the
project, a cooperative effort between Pattaya City, the State Railway of
Thailand, King Mongkut’s University of Technology and authorities from
various related organizations.
Mayor Itthiphol Kunplome visited the construction site on June 24,
saying that the city has been working to improve floodways by laying new
drainage pipes and cleaning out canals to let water flow more freely.
Itthiphol said this new canal should be able to hold about 50% of all
rain water headed toward lower levels in the city, but he admitted that
if heavy rains last longer than 30 minutes, then the water will flood
Sukhumvit Road between South and Central Pattaya.
Verawat said that this project is being done without a budget, as the
city is doing the work itself through the Public Works Division. He said
it will take about 2 weeks to complete.
Verawat also said this is only a temporary solution to the flood
problem, as the canal will not be lined with concrete, and instead left
as dirt. It cannot be made permanent due to future plans for a second
railway track.
