Pattaya will request the Royal Forestry Department to allow the city to build a waste incinerator on its land on Koh Larn.
The Pattaya City Council on Sept. 21 gave the go-ahead for the formal request, marking the first real step toward building the long-discussed incinerator.
The request will be for the use of the land for an initial five years.
The council also renewed the 50-million-baht contract for operation of the Pattaya Hospital, which is run under an annual city outsourcing deal.