Govt to splash B151mn to prevent Phuket road flooding

By Chutharat Plerin

 

Repeated flooding across the island prompted the Thai media to call Phuket ’Waterworld’. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub / file

 

PHUKET:-- The Department of Highways will spend B151 million on projects to prevent major Phuket roads from flash flooding during heavy downpours, the Phuket Governor announced today (Sept 18).
 

The news came at the Governor Meets the Press conference held at Phuket Provincial Hall this morning.

 

“Due to the rapid economic expansion in Phuket, the construction of buildings, notably condominium housing, has been quickly done without urban planning,” Governor Norraphat Plodthong admitted today.

 

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you can spend all the money you want, but until Thais learn which way water flows it is all pointless.

 

 

Sound like the airport run will be great fun in the coming high season!

They still can't treat their sewerage properly