Happy New Year 2010

This photo taken by Pattaya Mail reporter Vimolrat Singnikorn shows the fireworks display on Christmas night, which also began Pattaya’s countdown to 2010. The festivities continue nightly at Bali Hai pier, through to the wee hours of January 1. All hotels and entertainment venues will also be holding exciting events. Whatever you choose to do, have a great New Year’s Eve and as always, please use extreme care when driving, and never drive drunk. From all of us in the Pattaya Mail family, we wish you a happy, healthy, safe and prosperous New Year.

Highway 7 completion set for mid-March

The final phase of the Chonburi-Pattaya Motorway will be complete by mid-March, marking completion of a four-year project to relieve traffic congestion and create a convenient link between Pattaya and Bangkok International Airport.
Atit Keowkam, an engineer with Naowaratpattanakarn, the firm leading construction of Highway 7, said the last phase of the 2 billion baht project will open to traffic March 14.
“The fourth phase is 90 percent complete,” he said. “About 400 meters of road surface, installation of signs and lights will be done soon.”
Highway 7 was authorized by the Department of Highways as an urgent measure to relieve traffic that was crippling development of the Eastern Seaboard. It was also aimed at capitalizing on the opening of the Suvarnabhumi airport, which is located much closer to Pattaya than the old Don Muang facility.

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