Construction of MRT to begin in Lat Phrao, home of Bangkok’s hellish traffic

By Coconuts Bangkok 

 

Just another day in Lat Phrao. Photo: @meme1990__/ Twitter

 

Lat Phrao, a large residential area infamous for its hellish traffic, will finally be accessible via MRT. Officials are coming in tomorrow to move the utility lines and prepare for the construction of the Yellow Line trains.

 

Starting tomorrow, officials will close off the right lane of the inbound Lat Phrao Road, between Soi 136 to 128 and Soi 45/1 to 23 around the clock, leaving only two lanes in use.

 

Between 10pm to 4am, they will additionally close the right lane on the outbound side.

 

Full story: https://coconuts.co/bangkok/news/construction-mrt-begin-lat-phrao-home-bangkoks-hellish-traffic/

 

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Memo to self.... find another route, because the eternal traffic jam will be gridlocked!!

Guess they have to start somewhere. Hope it works.

Good example of why things go wrong on the roads here.

The road is 7 vehicles wide. Not 6 or 8 or 4

Redesigning it so that you have "proper" bus and cycle lanes is a
non starter coupled with major cultural issues as well affecting the use of any Thai roads.

Let’s hope they enforce a ban on parked vehicles along the route as well.