Start of term: 2,000 traffic police assigned to ease traffic congestion in Bangkok

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Daily News Thai Caption: Solving traffic woes

 

Daily News reported on a meeting held by metropolitan police chief Pol Lt-Gen Samran Nuanma ahead of the reopening of Thai schools in Bangkok next week. 

 

Some have gone back already but the bulk of students will be starting the first of two semesters next Tuesday, May 17th. 

 

The police said that 1,277 schools are going back with 800,000 pupils travelling from home.

 

2,000 traffic cops will be mobilized on Tuesday from 5 am. Special patrols will rove around in the case of rain or flooding adding to the potential gridlock. 

 

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They will be concentrating on three areas notorious for traffic jams when the schools go back:

 

Samsen and Ratchasima Roads, Sathorn and Silom and New Phetchaburi and Sukhumvit. 

 

In addition the police are pressing for construction companies working on projects on the roads to make sure that they have returned as much road space as they can to help with the traffic. 

 

ASEAN NOW notes that Bangkok's traffic is always noticeably worse when the schools go back.

 

But what with continual closures caused by the pandemic the biannual mess over the last two years has been on the back burner. 

 

Next week will see if the police measures have any effect on the familiar gridlock in the Thai capital. 

 

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[RafPinto]

Let them sleep. 

Probably it will go better without them.

[Wiggy]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Next week will see if the police measures have any effect on the familiar gridlock in the Thai capital. 

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[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, RafPinto said:

Let them sleep. 

Probably it will go better without them.

Back to the 6am wake-up alarm when all the whistling starts.