Heroines Monument. Photo: PR Dept

 

PHUKET: Authorities in Phuket today (July 20) confirmed that talks are underway in regards to easing the traffic flow at the Heroines Monument in Thalang.

 

The discussion took place at a meeting presided over by Phuket Vice Governor Pichet Panapong at Royal Phuket City hotel yesterday.

 

Talks centred around the need for the heavy traffic flow that passes by the Monument on a daily basis to be addressed. A potential construction project involving a revised intersection was confirmed as being raised.

 

Full Story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/talks-to-alleviate-traffic-at-heroines-monument-underway-80752.php

 

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Teaching the locals not stop on the island and give way to the left would be a good start!

Just look photo how many officials at this meeting. A lot. and all bored looking at their mobile. Just a complete joke to show how government always fails the people who pay them. Disgusting ....

2 hours ago, stubuzz said:

Teaching the locals not stop on the island and give way to the left would be a good start!

Spot on. Majority of drivers here seem to just head straight onto a roundabout forcing those already on the roundabout to stop. Education, education, education but I have my doubts that'll ever happen.

Looking at the photograph it would probably help if otorists followed the (Thai official) rules of the road whereby motorists give way to traffic coming from their right i.e. traffic already on the roundabout

‘motorists’ not ‘otorists’????

The road way is too busy for a round about, it needs to be changed to a lighted intersection.

That is the only good fix for this location.

Geezer

That roundabout should  have been tunneled years ago.

Comments about knowledge of using roundabouts aren't really relevant here. The police realise that it doesn't work as a roundabout and place barriers to prevent east-west traffic most of the time. This of course causes an even bigger hold-up as the road is too busy for a u-turn to function properly.

 

It would be a good spot for an underpass, or move the monument and build a cheaper, quicker, overpass but going north, there are more hold-ups when you get to Thalang, going south there's the u-turn lights near Boat Lagoon, one of the more annoying sets of lights on the island.

 

Basicall, Thepkrassattri Road is too busy. What's really needed is a relief road.

when I first glanced at the title, I thought that some traffic cops had made a drug bust....