Road work clogs Phuket's main artery

The upgrade work on one of Phuket's busiest roads is already causing

long tailbacks. Photo: Pimwara Choksakulpan

PHUKET: -- Motorists commuting along Phuket’s Thepkrasattri Road northbound should try to avoid rush hour as resurfacing work is causing long tailbacks and dirty conditions.

The work is part of a three-month, 42-million-baht contract to improve the road from in front of the Seventh Day Adventist Church near Super Cheap to Srisoonthorn Temple, which is 12 kilometers to the north.

The road foundation will be relaid and resurfaced and traffic lane lines will be repainted, said Phuket Highways Office Deputy General Manager Sathaporn Sornchana.

“Thepkrasattri Road has not had an upgrade for about 13 years. Although its road surface still looks good, there is no friction. This upgrade should last another 10 years,” said Mr Sathaporn.

Under the contract, work is scheduled for completion by October 29, he added.

“We need to close one or two lanes while work is being done. This causes traffic jams, especially during rush hour. Please be patient or take another route,” Mr Sathaporn advised.

Source: http://www.phuketgazette.net/archives/articles/2011/article10986.html

-- Phuket Gazette 2011-09-17

I know we are not in Kansas anymore but there they do paving at night at times when they would cause problems during peak traffic hours. Of course with the terrible quality of the paving jobs done in broad daylight here it is probably better to do it in the daytime.

reason its terrible is that people keep driving on the "foundations" they are putting. They put 1 cone and no one to enforce it. Then when the big rolling thing gets 5meters away from their car they turn without looking into the good lane.