Project developers have announced that they are nearly finished building Nong Pong, a large new public park on Jomtien Second Road in the Pattaya area. The park began construction last May with an original completion date of August which the construction crew says should be met without a problem.
The Pattaya park features a large lagoon creating beautiful scenery and a tranquil environment and may even allow some limited water sports. Installation is underway now for good lighting and exercise equipment to finish up the nature park. One feature that may prove popular is that the park will be gated to keep out stray animals and keep it peaceful inside.
Pattaya’s goal is to create more public parks and open space to make Pattaya a city with a large number of green zones and to be more eco-friendly. The hope is that beautiful and comfortable spaces will invite Pattaya locals to come out and exercise and enjoy the park space, while also attracting tourists from Thailand and from abroad to relax in the natural setting within the city. The project is part of an effort to lure tourists to the Jomtien area, a goal which also includes a billion baht makeover for the beach area.
City officials, including Pattaya City Mayor Sonthaya Khunplume, spoke excitedly about the park project hoping it would become a major landmark for the city and looking forward to announcing its official opening date. Nong Pong has a total budget of about 32 million baht for its construction and is located across from the Riviera condo.
SOURCE: The Pattaya News
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Parks should be banned as they’re the hottest hot spots in the red zone. No entry without covid passport
Gated huh? I’m suspicious.
Does that mean ferangs pay to enter and Thais do not?
It’s a good spot for the katoeys to hang out in the bushes where they can ambush you.
@Toby Andrews
But only three, four times higher price than Thai
Looks very promising.limited water sports available sounds like a new location to run the damaged jet ski scam and all the walls to sit on in the park should provide a new location for the denizens of the coconut bar on beach road to ply the world’s oldest profession from.good to see city officials looking to the future and providing a new location for the city’s many entrepreneurs to operate.
This is clearly a pond – not a lagoon.
“.. attracting tourists from Thailand and from abroad”. Is it me or the author missing something here? A word starting with C and ending with 19.
he he he plenty stuffed in back pocket