I've been impressed(so far) with progress on the resurfacing of pavements on Phetkasem Road(non beach side). They're getting rid of the horrible broken small flags and just laying a concrete screed.
They seem to making much better progress than the drainage etc roadworks on Soi 94
Im not sure the full extent of it but it certainly goes from San Paulo hospital down to Bluport and I expect beyond that too.
No doubt it will stop dead as soon I've mentioned that!
I'm just wondering if they're supposed to put sidewalks all the way up to Vana Nava. Before Christmas, grass was cut, and trees were dug up with their roots all the way from where the road turn after True Arena under the Petchakasem overpass and all the way to the roundabout at (112) "Corner" restaurant. At the same time also on the opposite near the "new Caltex" and "Tops" where also grass /trees have been cut!
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There's some good progress being made on the new sidewalks in Hua Hin.
The project by the Prachuap Khiri Khan Highway District involves relaying the sidewalks from the corner of Soi 68 to just before the Nong Kae overpass.
Construction is expected to continue until the end of March.
The new sidewalks include patterns of pineapples and durians and also include ramps to improve accessibility. Gone are the steep kerbs and uneven tiles which previously made walking difficult.
I must say, it does look quite good, but TIT and I don't believe it. When it is nearer completion, I'll give it the wheelchair test - maybe Bluport to Tops i.e. what is the point of ramps, if once you get there, other obstructions still stop progress?
If I can make the short journey unheeded, I will give it the thumbs up.
I'm sure we already have a thread on this (haven't looked for it yet), but I'm sure when somebody mentioned the ramps I suggested that it would be an invitation to motorcycles to use the new pavements.
[Edit] Previously discussed in the Wheelchair Access thread.
buksida wrote: ↑Wed Mar 05, 2025 8:08 am
Looks like a nice parking space for scooters ...
And maybe it won't
I think you've lived in Thailand long enough to know better . Even now, the stretch outside Salasian School gets blocked a couple of times each day with food vendors. It was also blocked a few days back with vendors selling flowers, etc for graduation.
It's all sold to school kids and parents, so why not move the obstructions inside the school gates - they have the space?
It's all sold to school kids and parents, so why not move the obstructions inside the school gates - they have the space?
They used to be inside the school. It was the school that kicked them out because of the kids buying junk food. The school has no jurisdiction of the pavements so the kids still buy the stuff through the railings despite the school trying to stop them.
If it was up to the school, they'd be gone!
buksida wrote: ↑Wed Mar 05, 2025 8:08 am
Looks like a nice parking space for scooters ...
And maybe it won't
I think you've lived in Thailand long enough to know better .
Yes I have, but I am soooo fed up with constant negativeness everytime something is being done, I think it seems to be a very English habit as my husband behaves the same way !!!
buksida wrote: ↑Wed Mar 05, 2025 9:15 am
Maybe it just comes with the reality of living here after decades rather than a rose-tinted outlook that Thailand is some kind of utopia.
(I'd be will to put money on scooters being parked on those lovely pavements in no time. )
I don't believe this at all and many things here are annoying but I don't keep on about it.
Having said that I'll keep my opinions to myself from now on, but I don't think any less.
Probably a general trait, but certainly on this Forum, people tend to make quite a few negative comments - many are justified although sometimes it does come over as complaining for complaining sake.
Let’s not forget that most, if not all of the countries we come from are far from perfect, so we shouldn’t expect Thailand to be any different. In fact there are many positives about living in Thailand - I wouldn’t be able to tell you how many times in all the years I’ve lived here, that I’ve been to a shop to buy something big and it’s been delivered the same day or next day - in the UK you might wait weeks. Same for things like Internet - if it goes wrong and you phone up the supplier, not only does someone normally answer the phone almost immediately (rather than “your call is important to us and someone will answer you as soon as possible”), the engineer normally comes out the same day to fix it.
Ok, I’m drifting away from new pavements and whether they will get abused by motorcyclists, but just trying to put things into perspective - some things are good, some things are annoying but on balance, life isn’t too bad!!
The fact is DB, if I want to make the journey from Tops to Bluport pushing my wife's wheelchair, even now, before the project is finished, I am time limited because street vendors are already blocking the new pavement with their mororcycle + side attachments for a couple of hours each day. However, I am fully aware of this restriction, and when the project is finished, I will attempt the journey both ways with a wheelchair outside of the known street vendor blockage times. I hope I'm wrong, but I don't believe there will be no other obstructions to stop me, and all of the ramps are satisfactory.
IMHO when you are trying to push a wheelchair in Thailand, such negative comments are justified. It will be a lovely improvement if there is a clear run. Watch this space.
joelle wrote: ↑Wed Mar 05, 2025 8:23 am
And maybe it won't
I think you've lived in Thailand long enough to know better .
Yes I have, but I am soooo fed up with constant negativeness everytime something is being done, I think it seems to be a very English habit as my husband behaves the same way !!!
I agree with you, moaning is a very British habit. I don't remember my late Father having anything positive to say about anything that happened after about 1950, and before that was WW2!.
I've just had a few weeks in Hua Hin and I thought it was the first time in a while I saw positive things happening.
There are the new pavements, a lot of new small cafes, etc opening up in previously empty shops and they've finally demolished the abandoned structures near the end of the pier.
I had a walk around Khao Tao village the other day and they've smartened that up with a lot of wall murals.
. Even now, the stretch outside Salasian School gets blocked a couple of times each day with food vendors. It was also blocked a few days back with vendors selling flowers, etc for graduation. 
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