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THE Baan Krating Phuket Resort, tucked away along the coast from Phuket's Nai Harn beach, is adding 37 rooms, a sub-committee of the Governor's Special Committee on Environmental Approvals heard today.
The sub-committee also heard that application has been made to build another deep sea pier at Phuket's deep sea port at Ao Makham, on Cape Panwa, east of Phuket City.
Largest of the projects is the plan to build 241 houses at Nai Yang, a relatively underdeveloped western beach not far from Phuket International Airport.
Absolute Lagoon Suites has applied for a permit to build 46 condominiums in Patong. Another 116 condos form part of an application to build in Vichit, south of Phuket City.
The five applications and 21 others, mostly shophouses of around15 units, are to be discussed when the full committee meets on December 21. All are seeking environmental impact approvals.
The large number of property projects indicates that Phuket's development continues unabated.
While the Governor's special committee was established last year to prevent the previous abuses in requests for environmental assessments and approvals, there is no mechanism for slowing the island's rapid rate of construction.
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If Baan Krathing is allowed to add those rooms, I certainly hope they do it on condition that the current road is to be widened and improved.
I also wonder how the owners of the Royal Phuket Yacht Club hotel, under which the current road passes, will react to certainly increased traffic.
They've done a good job in hiding the access road for now - if you don't where it is, you'll never find it.
Posted by Chris on December 15, 2010 08:50
Editor Comment:
The road should never have been blocked in the first place but it has at least slowed discovery and expansion of this quiet nook on Phuket. Most people fear that wider roads mean ''progress.'' You must be in construction, Chris.