Pattaya Traffic Report

This is Soi Nerm Pleubwan and the intersection of the new bypass road built along the railroad tracks east of Pattaya, which was designed and constructed to ease traffic on Sukhimvit Road (which lies approximately one kilometer straight ahead down the road from where this photo was taken), which was, prior to now, the only road that was available to drive from the north of Pattaya to the south of Pattaya, without going into the city iself.

As you can see above, the traffic has indeed moved away from Sukhumvit Road, so I guess it is same to declare "Mission accomplished!" (If you look closely, you can see one of the two traffic cops who are maintaining an orderly flow of traffic standing in the middle left of the picture, wearing a white helmet, next to the bronze pickup truck. His partner is hidden by the red sign behind the umbrella on the left.)