Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2016 13:13:44 GMT 7
Former Pattaya mayors, current city council members, tourism officials and business leaders were present Oct. 6 when consultants from Silapakorn University outlined four options to redevelop Walking Street to provide more public space, convenience and solve the problem of private property encroaching on public land.
Three of the four options were viewed as “nuclear” choices, basically calling for the waterfront side of the popular nightlife strip to be leveled and rebuilt. Only Option 2 – removing only those structures extending 40 meters from Walking Street onto public land – gained even a smidgen of support.
Silapakorn study leader Nattawut Preeyawanit said that as early as 1988, 101 structures were deemed to be encroaching on public land and have been targeted for years for demolition. But the impact on tourism that demolishing so many of the bars and restaurants would have repeatedly has scuttled any action.
Nonetheless, university researchers continued their work on a 1.5-billion-baht redevelopment plan, which included an examination of all the infringing structures’ documents and the determination that a majority of them were not properly registered.
The most recent legal action in the case – which goes back more than 20 years – came in May 2015 when then-Deputy Mayor Ronakit Ekasingh said 12 Walking Street buildings had been ordered demolished for illegally extending their property.
www.pattayamail.com/news/20-year-talk-demolishing-walking-street-revived-usual-objections-151778
Three of the four options were viewed as “nuclear” choices, basically calling for the waterfront side of the popular nightlife strip to be leveled and rebuilt. Only Option 2 – removing only those structures extending 40 meters from Walking Street onto public land – gained even a smidgen of support.
Silapakorn study leader Nattawut Preeyawanit said that as early as 1988, 101 structures were deemed to be encroaching on public land and have been targeted for years for demolition. But the impact on tourism that demolishing so many of the bars and restaurants would have repeatedly has scuttled any action.
Nonetheless, university researchers continued their work on a 1.5-billion-baht redevelopment plan, which included an examination of all the infringing structures’ documents and the determination that a majority of them were not properly registered.
The most recent legal action in the case – which goes back more than 20 years – came in May 2015 when then-Deputy Mayor Ronakit Ekasingh said 12 Walking Street buildings had been ordered demolished for illegally extending their property.
www.pattayamail.com/news/20-year-talk-demolishing-walking-street-revived-usual-objections-151778
