Officials ordered yesterday that all activity be halted at the vista-ruining villa being built by the sea in Phuket. Before-and-after photos of the construction went viral this week on social media
Many top officials inspected the construction site, on a popular coastal road in Nai Harn, on Phuket’s southwest coast yesterday morning, after it was ordered that construction stop on Monday.
Phuket Public Work officials used an Electronic Total Station, an instrument used for surveying construction sites, to collect data and perform coordinate-based calculations at the site.
The Phuket Provincial Public Works Office said it aimed for the information from the survey to be complete in a week.
“After collecting this information, it will take a week. Other information will be revealed in 30 days. I obtained information from a forest official that confirms this land does not belong to the Sanctuary and Agricultural Land Reform Office,” said Capt Boworn.
“Everything must be done in 30 days,” he added.
Officials reported that, in accordance with the Protected Natural Resources and Environment Act of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, buildings in a certain zone must be at least 20 meters from the sea and no taller than six meters.
Buildings in the zone further from the sea but be at least 50 meters from the sea and no taller than 12 meters.
Anan Chantamas, a representative for the construction company behind the project, ordered workers to revise the parking spaces for the project’s first and third buildings since they deviate from the construction plans.
Story: The Phuket News
