Beautifying Nakhon Phanom

[Ombra]

The town has a beautiful riverfront and the authorities are making it more attractive to tourists by putting the messy overhead cables underground. The stretch between the View Khong Hotel and the Immigration Office is now free of wires, and the work is progressing northwards along the river bank and inland from the river. I saw men working on the road next to the post office yesterday and on the road that leads out of town towards the airport.

 

A few years ago, the police and local officials began to remove the advertisements that big retailers like to stick on every second tree or lamp post, and I wish that other communities in Thailand would follow suit.

[yosib157]

The cables you mention were buried maybe 5 years ago and the current task is to clear other main roads in and out of town.

Just unfortunate that the local council don't supply litter bins along the river walk neither maintain the lighting. More road restrictions are also needed to slow down the speeding traffic to allow walkers to cross the road.

 

In 15 years this is the third design I've seen from the hotels to Immigration and now they're digging again to install water pipes as the old ones are blocked with silt.

 

Other than that, great improvements all round especially opposite the Immigration which was for many years the ferry loading and Customs House and generally an eyesore......

[Ombra]

Thank you for explaining this. I thought that it was just beginning.

[SunsetT]

The riverfront bicycle path has become a joke though as it mostly impossible to use now between the Indochine market and immigration because of tourists and smart phone zombies standing and strolling on it to visit the Naga area. And  they are now even allowing more and more stall holders to actually set up facing and selling directly onto the bicycle path every day. Not to mention that it becomes totally blocked nearly every week for some festival or other. This is actually very dangerous now that they have a one-way traffic system, especially after dark because if u r riding North and u find the path blocked then u r forced to ride your bike against 2 lanes of oncoming traffic to bypass the blockage and continue your ride. It has become a complete joke!