Bangkok launches new biking routes on Mother’s Day

BANGKOK, 31 July 2014 (NNT) –The Bangkok Metropolitan Authority (BMA) is set to officially launch its latest 4.5 km biking routes at Makhamtes Lake and Sakaengam Samduen Lake on the occasion of Her Majesty the Queen's Birthday, August 12th, according to the BMA's permanent secretary Ninnart Chalitanon.

To address floods in Klong Sam Wa and Nongchok areas, two lakes were built to reserve about 180,000 cubic meters of water which could then be released into public canals.

 

The landscaping of the two lakes is now improved to include new parks and biking routes. In addition to the new routes, bathing rooms, restrooms and an administration office have been built and big trees planted. Moreover, the route is also designed for mountain bike riding.

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New adventurous mountain bike lanes for Bangkok at monkey-cheek project park to open August 12

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has finished construction of the new 4.2 kilometre long bike lane, with adventurous mountain bike areas, circling around two monkey cheek project swamps in eastern outskirt of Bangkok.

It will open on August 12 to commemorate Her Majesty the Queen’s birthday.

The new bike lane for Bangkokians to exercise and relax was revealed after the BMA permanent-secretary Mrs Ninnart Chalitanont led a team of senior BMA officials to inspect the Makamthes and the Sakae Ngam Samduen monkey cheek flood prevention project at Klong Samwa district in the eastern outskirt of Bangkok yesterday.

The monkey cheek flood prevention project has a wide 140,000 square metre swamp area capable of accommodating 180,000 cubic metres of water.

The project will keep water spilling over from from Klong Hokwa Sai Larng, and Klong Saen Sap canals before releasing to other public canals during rainy season which will resolve flooding in Klong Samwa and Nong Chok districts.

Besides the project could also store water for agricultural purpose during the dry season as both sides of the swamp are open space that could be developed for recreational purposes.

The BMA has already developed the open space for recreational purpose with the improvement of its scenery and landscaping. A public park was built with a 4.8 metre wide bike lane covering a total distance of 4.2 kilometres around the two swamps.

The bike lane was designed to also include the first ever for Bangkok’s adventurous mountain bike areas to experience.

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Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/new-adventurous-mountain-bike-lanes-bangkok-monkey-cheek-project-park-open-august-12/

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The bike lane was designed to also include  the first ever for Bangkok’s adventurous mountain bike areas to experience  motorbikes. 

Anyone got a map?

uhhhh....where is this? Now let's have some REAL bike paths from the city connecting other bike paths. Look at US and European cities as examples of clean transportation ways. 

Wouldn't it be innovative for the media to actually tell us the location of these places???

The "Eastern outskirts of Bangkok" and the two Monkey Cheek reservoir names is not much to go on in locating this "exercise and relax" park, that's for sure. And so far, even though the Monkey Cheek project has some documentation, have not been able to locate the reservoirs. Then it dawned on me that they are probably so far out that nobody would bicycle there anyway so they would have to use motorized transportation. On top of that, neither farang nor Thai really like to cycle even when it is easy. So maybe the poster with the "motorbike" comment is closer to the truth.

Well, FWIW, a little elementary Googling brought up this web page giving the (alleged) coordinates for the Swamp Makamets (Bueng Makhamthet) as 13.8367N 100.7431E Link Here

 

It's in the general Min Buri locale and looks plausibly like a swamp area, but, it seems to me, small in area.

 

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