City workers repair damaged
drainage pipes and grates at the intersection of Central Road with 3rd Road.
Manoon Makpol
A rash of complaints has prompted city officials to send
out repair crews around the city to fix niggling problems such as broken
drain covers, drainage and electrical pipes, and to clean garbage out of the
drainage system.
To show off the work his department is doing, Virat
Jirasripaitoon, director of the city’s Sanitation Department, led officials
and members of the media out to the Central Road - 3rd Road intersection
Feb. 15 where workers were busy repairing a drainage cover.
The drainage cover had been damaged for some time,
becoming hazardous to vehicles. The city had flagged the site with traffic
cones and a fence, but apparently it took numerous complaints before a crew
was sent out to make permanent repairs, which they were able to do in about
a week.
Crews had also been sent to Jomtien Soi 19 to clean out
garbage clogged drains. However, just 2 days later, the drains remained
clogged. One of the complainants wrote that since this system is connected
to the larger system draining part of the rest of Pattaya, many branches,
roots and garbage is still clogging the system, and that if it isn’t more
thoroughly cleaned out before the rainy season, no doubt the entire area
will once again suffer flooding.
City officials encourage anyone seeing any of these types
of problems to contact the call center at 1337.
