Phasakorn Channgam
The Provincial Electric Authority is preparing to lay new
underground power lines from Sukhumvit Road to Central Festival Pattaya
Beach that will see Central Road ripped up both at its center and near one
sidewalk.
Deputy
Mayor Ronakit Ekasingh presides over a meeting to discuss the laying of new
underground power lines from Sukhumvit Road to Central Festival Pattaya
Beach.
The plan, unveiled at an Oct. 12 Pattaya City Hall
meeting, will coincide with a new PEA electrical station slated to be
replace the existing facility at Sukhumvit and Central roads. A high-voltage
trunk line will be laid several meters deep in the center of Central Road
and terminate on Second Road at the shopping mall.
A second pipeline for lower-voltage lines will be laid at
a shallower depth under Central Road near the sidewalk.
Deputy Mayor Ronakit Ekasingh said the plan was a good
one for the city in that other telephone and utility companies will be able
to also move their cables underground, beautifying the city.
He said more study was needed, however, particularly to
address the disruption to the public the street digging will cause.
