Sukhumvit traffic fears

BANGKOK: -- Motorists have been warned to brace for traffic jams on Sukhumvit Road, between On Nut and Bang Na, from Monday.

One lane in both directions will be closed around the clock for construction of the Skytrain extension.

Deputy Bangkok governor Bannasopit Mekwichai said the first section of the Skytrain extension to Sukhumvit 107 was slightly ahead of schedule and about 7.7 per cent of the work had been completed.

The contractor now needs to lay foundation pillars for four Skytrain stations and the rail system, so one inbound and one outbound lane will be blocked - from Sukhumvit Soi 85 to the Bang Na intersection (3.5 kilometres) - from Sunday at 10pm, she said.

The work will take about 10 months.

Motorists will not be able to make a right turn at Sukhumvit 62 to the expressway. Instead, they will have to do a U-turn in front of Thai Farmers Bank.

Bannasopit urged motorists to use alternative routes such as Bang Na Expressway and Sri Nakarin Road.

--The Nation 2007-01-12

That's all very well giving alternative suggestions, but has he tried to drive from Samrong past Lasalle? Two flyovers are being erected and the traffic..............