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Three years of traffic jams expected (Chiraphat Bhumichitr (said…
Three years of traffic jams expected
Chiraphat Bhumichitr
Metropolitan Police Bureau deputy commissioner
said
commuters would have to enter the start or end of Lat Phrao Road and take U-turns instead.
During this period we recommend people avoid using Lat Phrao Road whenever possible
the Traffic Police Division has instructed the MRTA and the contractor of the Yellow Line to install more signs informing commuters about shortcuts in the area.
We will have to hold talks with the BMTA on where the buses will stop on the road during the construction of the Yellow Line to minimise congestion
"As for Chokechai Si market, where vendors park temporarily to drop their things off or pick up products, we've instructed local traffic police to strictly enforce the no-parking rule.
or Pol Maj Gen Chiraphat
Most of the suggestions
involve avoiding the main road
and using smaller street or surrounding roads instead like
Prasert-Manukitch
Phahon Yothin
Ratchadaphisek roads
According to traffic police reports
Lat Phrao Road handles
more than 4,000 vehicles per hour.
Bangkok Mass Transit Authority of Thailand
or BMTA
Several city buses
also use this route
including the No.8
making it one of the most popular routes in Bangkok.
Construction of the feeder-system-style monorail
Construction of the feeder-system-style monorail
Lat Phrao to Samrong
stretches 30km
began late last month.
Yet the effect on commuters was not fully felt until Wednesday.
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