We went to check on the progress of the new road from Chiang Khong to town.  The section from the 1020 to the Ing River is paved but the bridge is not very far along.  When finished it will shorten our drive to town considerably.

 

 

Looking forward to that being completed. Will shorten my drive to Chiang Rai. In the meantime I've been avoiding that route due to all the construction.  

They open the new section on the western ring road , we can get to new new big C and Makro in 25 minutes , only a few sets of traffic lights as well.

great job...

Beautiful

 

 

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VF and Manassas, I think you have to wait quite a long time before you can go thiw new 4-lane highway to Chiang Rai City.

See this info:

 

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A relatively short segment from near our home to Sop Pao would cut at least five, and maybe six, kilometers off our drive to town and eliminate the need to pass through Phayamengrai.  I am not going to offer any predictions as to the completion date but I will be happy whenever it gets done.  

I always assumed Phaya mengrai was a Thai style traffic calming device.