Minivdo: The Chalong Circle Is To Be Redeveloped And Road Expanded On Hill To Kata.

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The meeting of related agencies to ease traffic congestion issues yesterday agreed to redesign the Chalong Circle junction located in the south of Phuket, and install traffic lights. The circle itself will be demolished and traffic lights installed instead. They agreed that the route to Chalong Pier will be treated as a lane or Soi where vehicles can enter as normal, but when coming out they must turn left southwards towards Rawai. If they want to go to Phuket City, they can make a U-turn in front of Muang Phuket School. The Phuket Highway Chief Saroj Suwinchai said after the conclusion today, the Highway Office will demolish the Chalong circle and re-adjust the surface as soon as possible. He hopes that it can ease traffic congestion soon during this rainy season. The Phuket Highway Office, which spent 100,000 baht on the project, expects that the traffic lights can operate by this month and that it would ease traffic flows. The hilly part of the road from Chalong Circle to Kata is also being currently expanded with extra lanes constructed.

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