New Big C or What?

[jingjai]

I noticed after visiting Tang Ngee Soon Superstore, that a huge block of land is being prepared for some major construction. I asked my wife if she knew what it was, she replied "that's going to be the new Big C".
I can't imagine that Big C would be so stupid as to construct a new store between Tang Ngee Soon and the soon to open Carrefour. But then again, TIT.
That should make the traffic in that area a real pleasure .

[Aardvark]

First I've heard of it JJ, too close to the existing one I'd have thought

[saint]

i heard from the same source that knew about carrefours before anyone else , that its going to be ( get this ) a new tesco . with bowling alleys and a cineplex . could be well wrong , but thats what i heard . madness in my book , but T I T .

[PopsIcafe]

Saw advert saying Carrefours is opening 1st April. So that must be the place.

Pop's

[jingjai]

Saw advert saying Carrefours is opening 1st April. So that must be the place.

Think you misread my post Pops.
I'm talking about the huge block of land between the new, soon to be opened Carrefour and Tang Ngee Soon Superstore. This huge block of land is being prepared to build upon and there is already corrugated metal fence in front of it. It is right next to the Ngee Soon store on the same side of the road.

[RALPHCUSENS]

The Block between Ngee Soon and Carrefour, is defiantly Tesco Lotus, New distribution Centre as well as A super Store complete with as Saint said, a Bowling Alley and Multi Screen cinema.

The wife and I were talking to the Design Engineer overseeing both Carrefour and Tesco projects.

[laphanphon]

hmm, i need to move that way in couple years.......................

at Nakhon Sawan, and the Big C here is definite upgrade to udon's present one, with all mentioned above, rather surprised, 1st one i've seen with options.

New distribution Centre

that makes sense, as they have too many stores in NE to be shipping from bkk, which it is my understanding, they still do.

[wazza]

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The wife and I were talking to the Design Engineer overseeing both Carrefour and Tesco projects.[/quote]
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Let hope u lobbied for a Subway and BK, then again location location location, ummmm

Be interested to see who the final list of catering prospects are especially for Carrefour.

[jingjai]

That should make the traffic in that area a real pleasure

Well let's hope the powers that be, do some traffic planning before "Udon's Miracle Mile" is complete. Wait...I think I just posted an oxymoron. Traffic + planning + Thailand.

Surely, a better location for Tesco Lotus' New distribution Center might be say 10 kms., South of the Ring Rd., on Highway #2.

[wazza]

Lets see, within the first week of operations for the Tesco Distribution centre , there will be 2 significant accidents at night time involving U turns, Red light runners, ran into the rear of a turning vehicle.......

Within 1 month - 1 fatality

I sincerley hope my predictions are shown to be wrong, but major traffic changes to a high speed road with double lanes , involving large vehicles is a receipe for disaster untill the locals work it out.

[saint]

Lets see, within the first week of operations for the Tesco Distribution centre , there will be 2 significant accidents at night time involving U turns, Red light runners, ran into the rear of a turning vehicle.......

Within 1 month - 1 fatality

I sincerley hope my predictions are shown to be wrong, but major traffic changes to a high speed road with double lanes , involving large vehicles is a receipe for disaster untill the locals work it out.

well they have had tipper trucks doing u turns at that junction for a few weeks now , as far as i know with no mishap or fatalities , but they have changed the light sequence ,, which i think is much much safer than it used to be . i use that junction a lot and have nearly been taken out several times by light jumpers coming from the west into town . but yes wazza you do have a good point , and they will need to improve the size of that junction .

[douglas]

Hi,
Saint, they have had mishaps there, i use that junction every day, only yesterday morning a pickup traveling down the single carriageway and turning right, the lights were on green, when a lorry carrying earth decided to do the u-turn when lights for him were on red. Luckily no one was hurt.
Cheers Doug.

[Khun Paul]

I think I will be witing for theupgrade of the ring road between honda corner and the Nong bua lampu road, ease the obvious traffic problems that are now going to occur with tesc and carrefours big trucks

[Aardvark]

What stage is the new Tesco at ? does it look like opening any time soon ??

[RALPHCUSENS]

What stage is the new Tesco at ? does it look like opening any time soon ??

They have levelled the ground, and are starting to put in piles, (Not rear end ones )

[rickfarang]

Yesterday, I heard a rumor (only a rumor) that they will be closing the existing Tesco and repoen in this new location.

Any confirmation of this?

[Prenders88]

Yes I heard the same, the present Tesco's store will be demolished the land is rented.
Tesco's will move to the new site when the new bigger store is finished. We were told by the people in one of the garden plant stores by the bus station, just before you enter Tesco's from the main road.

[wazza]

WTF, more beer bars to be built on the ring road, as every bit of demolished land in Udon gets developed that way it seems !

[FrazeeDK]

Interesting post. The question of course is who owns the land there and why would TESCO, a very canny big corporation build a large store with a limited lease.. Makes no sense...

[thethailife]

Is everyone seeing this as an improvement or no?

WTF, more beer bars to be built on the ring road, as every bit of demolished land in Udon gets developed that way it seems !

I hope this isn't true?