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Eye opening experience
Editor;
It has been an eye opening experience of the incompetence of the Road Works
Dept here in Jomtien/Pattaya, with the millions of baht spent and no
improvement during 10 years of construction/destruction. In 2004 they
replaced the complete road, (but) flooding continued, 2nd Road exit/entry
was restricted to 1 lane, U turns were blocked off, digging one hole leads
to another, with no sign of any urgency to finish. Meanwhile, condo
developments continue. A lorry park adds to the pressure on the road.
The small residential B road that comes off SWB, where children walk to
school, is now used by 24 wheel lorries. This road was never designed for
this. A complete failure of this road would not be a surprise.
Matt Jomtien
Wongamat sewer is a disgrace
Editor;
Re: Rains overwhelm Wong Amat sewage system (PM Friday, 31 October 2014) -
One would think that there may have been some urgency by Pullman, Skybeach,
Northpoint, Zire, Centara, Long Beach and the myriad of other developments
along Wongamat Beach and the staff and representative of these multi-billion
baht tourist/expat hotels and condos involved in promoting Wongamat to have
a look at what is going on here.
This “rectification” work of the sewer is a disgrace. Pattaya wants to
develop a reputation as a desirable place to visit both by tourists and
expats. The local Thai community also deserves a better environment for
themselves and their children.
The government is promoting a “Green Thailand” and yet the face of Pattaya
is being destroyed by incompetent construction practices.
As an Australian civil engineer having worked on many projects around the
world and with some significant financial investment in Pattaya and in
particular the Wongamat Beach area I can only throw my hands up in the air
with frustration.
Thank you to the local government showing some interest and I hope that they
appoint a representative that can adequately ensure that the works are
carried out in a professional manner.
Pattaya Engineer
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And still another potato defender
Editor;
Before John Wayne bad mouths potatoes being so fattening and containing no
useful nutrients without knowing what he’s talking about, he should do a
Google on “potatoes nutrition”. Potatoes are full of essential vitamins and
minerals, and their protein to carbohydrate ratio is about the same as rice.
For some reason potatoes always get a bad name about being fattening, but
from people that don’t bother to look up the facts. It’s the stuff that
people put on potatoes that is the culprit - gravy, butter, sour cream,
cheese, bacon bits, etc. And if you French fry them or fry them in a pan,
you at least quadruple the calories - same with potato chips.
R.L. Holt
We can solve
this problem
Editor;
Re: Beach Road pumps flunk first test (PM Friday, 07 November 2014) - We can
largely solve this problem, as far as Beach Road & adjacent areas are
concerned. Contact PattayaProgress .Org for copy of NDA / NUA.
Stuart51
Beach Road almost never flooded
Editor;
Re: Beach Road pumps flunk first test (PM Friday, 07 November 2014) - I
lived on Beach Road for years and, though it got some water, it almost never
flooded to the extent it does now. 2nd Road did, so maybe the new
lane/piping job was done wrong? With the crack team doing this it couldn’t
be, could it?
Don Aleman
A crazy idea
Editor;
Re: Jomtien Beach Road goes one-way Nov. 12 - for a month (PM Friday, 07
November 2014) - A crazy idea unless they properly fix the disintegrating
Jomtien 2nd Road, and properly widen and lengthen the U-Turn lanes of
Jomtien 2nd Road. Plus they need to do a complete clean out of the all the
encroachments on the five minor sois and Soi Wat Bunkanchanaram, and control
parking and travelling vendors on those sois.
John Guru
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