The street is not closed to traffic....certainly not at the Buakhao end.... vehicles still need to get to the hotels and condos between that entrance and the barrier for the road works. There is pedestrian path through the road works I actually used yesterday.... it would be dodgy on a motorbike, but people will try to do that rather than turn around, they would have to go all the way back to Buakhao and try soi Diana (or that dirt track between the pharmacy and 7-11). When I saw it yesterday it was after this incident and I expect some shoring effort had been made.... and barriers put in place.