Tag: Dolphin Roundabout
Dolphin Roundabout replacement shelved
The removal of the Dolphin Roundabout has been put on hold following public opposition.
Pattaya Mayor Anan Charoenchasri said at a Sept. 12 city council...
City hall mulling changes to Dolphin Roundabout to make traffic even...
Pattaya residents apparently more concerned about aesthetics than traffic congestion say they don’t care if the city replaces the Dolphin Roundabout with traffic lights...
Public tells Pattaya to hit brakes on Dolphin Roundabout replacement
PATTAYA - Pattaya residents told city hall to put the brakes on plans to replace the Dolphin Roundabout with traffic lights, saying more study...
Councilman urges reopening of Dolphin Roundabout
A Pattaya city councilman says that efforts to improve traffic at the Dolphin Roundabout has had the opposite result and suggested the traffic circle...
Traffic lights coming to Dolphin Roundabout
With congestion and accidents proving that courtesy and yielding hasn’t worked, Pattaya’s Dolphin Roundabout will soon get traffic lights to try and bring order...
Broken-down taxi destroyed by fire
Three taxicab employees pushing a broken-down vehicle to start it gave up and ran after the cab burst into flames. No one was...
North Pattaya Road turned into sea of orange and white
North Pattaya Road from the Samsai intersection to the Dolphin Roundabout is awash with saffron robed monks receiving alms from white clad Buddhists in...
Traffic police tackle holiday traffic jams
Holidays mean traffic in Pattaya and the back to back long weekends proved no differently as traffic officers worked intersections and shuffled traffic...
Taxis parking in no-parking zone
Amid busy traffic at the Second Road intersection with the Dolphin Roundabout, taxies are parking in a no parking zone whilst waiting for...
2 ladyboys arrested on pick-pocketing charge
Police arrested two accused transvestites detained by passers-by after an Italian man claimed they’d pick-pocketed him. Anusorn Jumsuwan, 22,...
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