BANGKOK (NNT) - Commuters and vacationers will find it easier to travel between Phuket and Phang Nga provinces now that an additional roadway has been completed.

 

The 4.2-kilometer road will aid in the expansion of tourism and transit between the two provinces.

 

The completion of the Na Klang-Ao Jik, or 1042 rural road, has been announced by the Department of Rural Roads (DRR).

 

The four-lane concrete road is part of a city expansion plan in Phang Nga’s Thai Muang district and is expected to be used by tourists from Phuket visiting popular attractions in Phang Nga province.

 

DRR Director General Apirat Chaiwongnoi stated that the road offers easier cross-province transport and will benefit the local economy and tourism.

 

The road’s completion will accommodate the growing number of visitors to Phang Nga since the country’s reopening following the Covid-19 pandemic.

 

Last year, 546,475 visitors visited Phang Nga province, bringing in around 2.7 billion baht for the southern province’s tourism economy.

 

by Krajangwit Johjit

 

Source: https://thainews.prd.go.th/en/news/detail/TCATG230609094637391

 

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Wow .. a whole 4.2-kilometer road, we're all saved.

 

Just drove through Surat Thani - Phang-Nga - Phuket, and didn't see that, or the need for that section of road.  I must of taken the scenic route.

 

Here's the actual link, the think it is all quoted in OP:

https://thainews.prd.go.th/en/news/detail/TCATG230609104310419

 

 

 

 

The reason for the build, I have been old by friends in Phang Nga, is they are building a Airport extension for HKT there and it's needed for the tourists and travelers, as well as tour buses picking up guests to take back to the Island.  Seems he sold some property, or rather his wife did, and made enough money from it to remodel their home and add a pool.

 

Will see if the new airport extension ever comes to fruition, if not it was a waste of money to build the road, its not heavily traveled.  We are down that way once every two months, driving from PKK.

Living not far from this road, we cannot help wondering why it was built. Both Pilai and Natai have very little public beach front left. On the road and land between these beaches you will find a handful of very expensive beach villas. We are quite happy with the road, but unless major future development in the area (which we hope for), what a waste of tax payers money again

Waste of convrete. You can skate, dance or sleep on this road. Nobody uses it