A FOUR-LANE road is to be built in Patong to expand the existing route from Pang Meung Sai Ko Road behind Jungceylon to Phrabaramee Road, opposite the Government Bank.
As a compulsory purchase, about 50 plots of land are being bought at prices along the 2.9 kilometre route that are just a fraction of the going rate for land in Patong.
Forty-seven land holders have been paid a total of more than 100 million baht at a rate of 2000-3000 baht for each two square metre section, when the going rate can be as much as 50,000 baht.
Existing roadside plots have fetched more: 6000-12,000 baht. Three owners have yet to settle. The connecting point in Phrabaramee Road is perhaps better known as ''the new intersection.''
Purchases have been taking place since 2000, with the first payments in 2002.
Budget has yet to be allocated to fund the building of the road. The project is being overseen by the Phuket office of Public Works and Town and Country Planning.
A wider road would offer faster passage for motorists heading towards Kata and Karon.
Eventually, the t-junction in front of Suwankiriwong Temple in Patong, often a cause of delays on the main route to Phuket City, is to be enlarged under a similar compulsory purchase plan.
As a compulsory purchase, about 50 plots of land are being bought at prices along the 2.9 kilometre route that are just a fraction of the going rate for land in Patong.
Forty-seven land holders have been paid a total of more than 100 million baht at a rate of 2000-3000 baht for each two square metre section, when the going rate can be as much as 50,000 baht.
Existing roadside plots have fetched more: 6000-12,000 baht. Three owners have yet to settle. The connecting point in Phrabaramee Road is perhaps better known as ''the new intersection.''
Purchases have been taking place since 2000, with the first payments in 2002.
Budget has yet to be allocated to fund the building of the road. The project is being overseen by the Phuket office of Public Works and Town and Country Planning.
A wider road would offer faster passage for motorists heading towards Kata and Karon.
Eventually, the t-junction in front of Suwankiriwong Temple in Patong, often a cause of delays on the main route to Phuket City, is to be enlarged under a similar compulsory purchase plan.
So let's hope they will take care of the nicest pothole collection I have ever seen in my life :-)
Posted by Fritz Pinguin on December 24, 2009 10:05