Phuket residents force B720mn ‘ring road’ to avoid mangroves, houses

Phuket residents force B720mn ‘ring road’ to avoid mangroves, houses

By Tanyaluk Sakoot

The last stage of four-lane B720-million ring road will now have to go around the mangrove forest and avoid local residents’ houses. Photo: Highways Dept
 

PHUKET:-- Local residents in Pa Khlok have voted against the last stage of four-lane “ring road” being paved through the area from passing through mangroves, forcing the Highways Department to redraw its plans and resubmit them for approval.

The “ring road” project to expand Route 4026 through Pa Khlok at a cost of B720 million aims to ease the expected impending traffic congestion when construction of the Phuket light-rail finally begins.

The affected section of the road is a stretch of 140 meters that was to be elevated as it passed through a mangrove forest covering about 217 rai, Phuket Highways Office Director Somwang Lohanut told The Phuket News today (Oct 24).

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