Community leader Chaimongkhol Bunsuud points out
how the road is still damaged. The sign reads, “the road is collapsing”.
Jetsada Homklin
East Pattaya residents are calling on Nongprue Sub-district officials to
repair a kilometer-long section of Soi Khao Noi that started collapsing at
the beginning of August but has not been fixed.
Community leader Chaimongkhol Bunsuud said the section of the busy road near
Paradise Hill Village collapsed after water pipes under the street broke and
escaping water undermined the road’s foundation. Frequent runs by garbage
trucks accessing a refuse-transfer station compounded the problem, he said.
Provincial Waterworks Authority crews have since repaired the pipes, but
their roadwork has left Soi Khao Noi in the same depressed, dangerous
condition it was in before. Yet, despite many complaints, Nongprue officials
have done nothing.
Nongprue public works department officials did not return repeated requests
for comment.
Area residents have resorted to placing signs in the area imploring drivers
to slow down to avoid accidents and heavy trucks to use alternate routes.
