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Maybe they'll cut Songkran in Pattaya from nine days to one... I know, never going to happen, but hope springs eternal.

What a difference two weeks and a tropical storm can make in lake levels. Here's pics from two weeks ago and from today.

Construction site looking damp today. No surprise there. Looking forward to getting snaps after they start excavating and a heavy downpour hits. Water truck brought in to wash out the rebar works. Most of the crew was occupied with clean up and pumping out water today. Not much to see on the north side of the construction site.

On another forum we've been speculating on the purpose of the concrete pad. Best guess is it's a blinding layer which the roof structure will be made on top of. Once made, the ground beneath will be excavated and the blinding layer broken up and removed leaving a smooth underside to the roof structure. So with curiosity piqued, dodged the raindrops this morning to get a couple of pics of the progress. More of the boards have been placed over the concrete pad and tacked into place with nails The boards are easy enough to lift, so I'm guessing some sort of plastic material

My understanding is it was finished and was being used to replenish the water in Mabprachan, that is until Bangkok started having water problems of their own.

Mabprachan Lake water levels are extremely low. This pic is of the NE side of the lake. They're now sucking every last drop out of the low areas. Better get your soapie in before the pumps are sucking mud. Looking east towards the new park they've been working on over the past year. The new park is looking good. Once they finish the landscaping, hopefully with plenty of shade trees and a return of the rains, the park should be a nice place to spend an afternoon. But for now the view from the park is pretty bleak.

Construction update from late afternoon yesterday. Heavy traffic northbound which isn't unusual for the time of day. Most of work now taking place north of the walkover bridge. Not sure what's going on here. Don't know what the panels are for, or the purpose of the concrete pad. Doesn't seem strong enough to serve as the roof of the tunnel. Plus I would think they would dig out the underpass first, then put the roof in. Not easy to see in this pic, but the diversion by SCC is gone.

And they've added several speed bumps along the way. Not sure why they needed those as traffic never moved fast with all the choke points from food carts and bikes parked halfway into the soi.

And don't forget the final insult to injury, at least with Air Asia. The last step to pay informs you of a booking fee, even though you're doing all the work of booking on their website.

Not much to see in today's update. Just some moving of dirt around. And a look at the digging going on at the SCC intersection.

Pic update on construction progress Looks like they've started digging. Crane was working to pull a form out. Didn't succeed while I was there. This bit, bit off more than it could chew. Traffic is still being diverted around SCC intersection.

Alcohol sales are banned on the 30th & 31st, Thursday and Friday.

Agree, invadeIT was the more professional of the two. Probably b/c they're a smaller business and thus a more personal touch.

I've had the same positive experience ordering from Lazada. Another online store I've ordered from with equally good experience is invadeIT.

Photo update of construction progress

Well, heading out of Pattaya is clear sailing now, but coming in you're going to have slow going for the next couple of weeks while they finish digging the trench for the new drain pipe. Glad on I'm two wheels instead of in a cage on four.

And the view to the north... lane diversion north of SCC intersection Looks like they're wrapping up the waste water drain laying on the northbound side. All northbound lanes s/b reopened soon.

Construction progress looking south

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Thanks to a poster on another board I now know the machinery in the pic below is for excavating a diaphragm wall. The pipes next to it are tremie pipes used for pouring concrete from the bottom up. Found a couple of pics that help explain the process. What I thought was a water filtration system is probably the bentonite slurry feed/recovery system. Interesting to know what some of the equipment is and how it's used.

A lot more to see now looking north SCC intersection where I believe they're getting ready to close down Suk to one lane each way as they route the new drainage pipe across Suk.

Construction progress looking south Traffic congestion at Pattaya Klang intersection A lot of manual labor goes into constructing rebar reinforcements Guessing this is some sort of water filtration system New stairway for workers midway across the walkover bridge.

You can legally turn left on red from Klang on to Soi Arunothai from either direction.

Suspect that's a pressure pump to give you a boost in water pressure into the house. When the city water supply shut off the pump probably ran itself dry then shut off, thus the need to prime it.

That's one of a couple of shortcuts you can use to avoid the busy Klang/3rd Rd intersection. The one you mentioned is Soi 3, before that you can turn on Soi Arunothai and then take the next right. And if you'd like to practice a bit of off road work, across from Foodland you can turn left onto the bumpy, rock strewn, dirt road that runs alongside the garden shop. Again take the first right, staying on that road to 3rd road.