Govt to ease Bangkok traffic with eight new carparks

By The Nation

 

FILE photo

 

The Transport and Interior ministries and Bangkok Metropolitan Administration will build eight more parking lots as a long-term measure to ease traffic congestion in the capital.
 

The plan comes after Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha sought ways to resolve a situation seen as worsening.

 

Transport Ministry deputy permanent secretary Pirapol Thavornsupacharoen said two underground parking lots would be built on Ratchadamnoen Avenue, one in front of First Army Area headquarters and the other in front of the Education Ministry.

 

The BMA, in charge of construction, was to allocate Bt3.049 billion for the two projects, Pirapol said.

 

His ministry proposed six parking lots along existing electric-train routes – at the Bang Khunnon, Lak Song, Queen Sirikit Convention Centre, Bang Sue, Phasi Charoen and Charoen Nakhon BTS stations.

 

Pirapol said two lots recently opened at Talingchan station, at a cost of Bt579 million and with capacity for 110 vehicles, and at Bang Bamru station, costing Bt725 million and able to hold 310 vehicles.

 

He said the Lak Song and Bang Sue lots would open next year. The Lak Song carpark would cost Bt531 million and accommodate 1,024 vehicles and Ban Sue station would cost Bt1.41 billion and hold 1,700 vehicles.

 

The Phasi Charoen lot will open in 2020 and Charoen Nakhon in 2021.

 

Pirapol said he his office was consulting the Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning (OTP) and Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand as to whether the Bang Khunnon carpark could be a five-storey building. If so, the budget would be increased.

 

He said the OTP has also been assigned to meeting shopping mall management about more carpark facilities along train routes.

 

Meetings are planned at Icon Siam near Charoen Nakhon station and Seacon Square Bang Kae near Bang Kae station, as well as with management of the Sirikit Convention Centre.

 

Proposals for private-sector involvement would be sent to the Office of the Commission for the Management of Land Traffic for approval within the next month, Pirapol said.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30352877

 

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A good idea.... 

 

They just need to ensure that the ‘ekectric’ train services are a desirable alternative to the traffic congestion and this involves desperate need to improve the services with additional carriages & more frequent service a peak times. 

 

 

Edited August 24, 20187 yr by richard_smith237

Yes a good initiative but ten times plus more cars will be added to Bangkok roads before they are open.

1 hour ago, richard_smith237 said:

A good idea.... 

 

They just need to ensure that the ‘ekectric’ train services are a desirable alternative to the traffic congestion and this involves desperate need to improve the services with additional carriages & more frequent service a peak times. 

 

 

More carriages, more frequent services and sizeable subsidies with fares reduced by 60 - 70%  to make it very attractive to use trains.

 

 

No need to build more car parks - looks like they have already done so from the photo

Better ease traffic by a real policeforce which keeps the roads clear from parked vehicles....

New project..$-)) 

7 hours ago, webfact said:

'... two underground parking lots would be built on Ratchadamnoen Avenue, one in front of First Army Area headquarters and the other in front of the Education Ministry.

Well, that will be those fully utilised. That apart, I'm far from sure how expanding parking facilities will ease traffic. 

Tallingchan carpark cost over 500 million baht for 110 spaces??? I'm sure there's a hotline to report things like this...

23 hours ago, webfact said:

Queen Sirikit Convention Centre

 

How does providing parking there ease traffic coming into the city? It is IN the city.

28 minutes ago, Bangkok Barry said:

 

How does providing parking there ease traffic coming into the city? It is IN the city.

Any car park near an MRT or BTS will ease traffic to some degree. 

 

Many coming into Bkk from the East May already exit the expressway at the Port, park at Queen Sirikit then take the MRT to cut across the city. 

Many used to park at Tesco’s & Big C Rama IV when it was free to park all day.

 

Obviously, big (free) car parks at the terminus stations would have the greatest impact, but any car park near a station will offer some improvement to congestion.

 

 

lower the price of BTS so more folks will take it compare to drive or taking buses/vans/taxis to work. After at the family that owns BTS is top 20 richest in Thailand.