Daily I drive this route and it takes forever with all the road work being done. They seem to not be able to get cars moving beyond the pace of a turtle. I sat in a car yesterday to go one mile and it was over 45 minutes. This is more like Bangkok than Pattaya. I do wonder why they don't do the work at night instead of in the day?

Part of the problem is likely because a great many people from Bangkok come to Pattaya for the Loy Kratong holiday and I expect because the rains seem to finally have stopped, there will be even more. It's to be expected during major holidays. If you're not already at the beach by 11:30am, you might as well expect major traffic delays during the holiday. I also wouldn't want to try to find a place to park anywhere near the beach after that hour.

 

You think it's bad now? Just wait until the multi-lane highway is completed between Jomtien and Pratumnak Road (is it going to be two or three lanes each way? - official statements and opinions seem to differ each time I read about it).

The traffic is already funnelled into a massive traffic jam from the over-pass onwards towards Pattaya Tai, especially from mid-afternoon and well into the evening. It's going to be twice as bad or worse when the two or three lane highway is suddenly squeezed into a single file immediately after going under the overpass.