Every year we get heavy rains.

Every year we get flooding.

Every year we get promises things will be fixed.

I guess no money to be made out of flood prevention so nobody cares.

Posted by ThaiMike on August 15, 2014 13:47

@ThaiMike
More money bandaging the problem like Big Pharma - No money in making things work!

Posted by Tbs on August 15, 2014 14:40

Its a bit hard to prevent floods when all the natural water courses have been filled in, the only mistake in the article is where it states "years of poor planing", it should say years of NO planing, Patong will always flood now as a result.

Posted by coxo on August 15, 2014 14:48

I see 'Broken Down Middle Road' flooded again this morning. This project is an absolute disgrace. 7 years now and still not finished. A nice little earner for somebody though.

@ Coxo there was a plan- it just involved making money, not introducing infrastructure.

Posted by Mister Ree on August 15, 2014 15:29

When will the patong officials past and present who have signed off on these works that cause these many landslides and floods be brought to book to account for this destruction before the death tole starts to mount . The flooding and landslides are a fairly recent occurrence and the records showing who gave approval must still be intact and not let's hope been subject to any little accidents .

Posted by Scunner on August 15, 2014 17:22

I recall a few years ago that some records at the town hall were said to have been lost in a flood.

Posted by GiantFan on August 15, 2014 22:01

There was a plan coxo it just didn't entail the good of the honest people of patong and it's tourist guests. As Mr Ree states 7 years for the Middle road and they still can't get it right ,if it took this long to complete a small stretch of road like this anywhere else around the world or around Thailand those responsible would be sacked after a year say and brought to book ,how much has this road really cost it must have overrun by millions after 7 years surely the contract negotiations must have given start finish date and a final costing . I wonder who signed off on this project maybe he could come back and explain to the people of patong why it's taken so long and is still not fit for purpose it doesn't bode well for any other major road transport projects into patong that were being pushed so hard previously as essential let's hope common sense prevails and ugly flyovers aren't allowed to spoil the view of the nice newly hard won beautiful sea view

Posted by Scunner on August 16, 2014 03:59

Exactly coxo and who signed off on the bulk of projects that have blocked the run off . Let's hope our new lady Mayor can fix these problems dumped in her lap from her previous incumbents time

Posted by Scunner on August 16, 2014 04:26

The area where happened the landslice is just 100 distance from my house. I was awakened yesterday early morning by a great bang.
When they startet building construction we've all predicted, this landslide will happen, but the answer was: " We are Thai, we know what we have to do"

Posted by KGP on August 16, 2014 08:27