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BMA steps into canal 'decay' row
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 11/03/2024
» Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) officials have spoken out to defend their agency after pictures of abandoned locations around the Klong Ong Ang Canal were circulated online alongside criticism of the BMA.
Chao Phraya bridge to open in 2024
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 09/03/2023
» Construction of the country's widest river bridge, over the Chao Phraya in Bangkok, is expected to be completed next year.
Sub-districts to get disaster zone status
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 16/09/2022
» Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt looks set to declare six heavily flooded sub-districts in Lat Krabang district as disaster zones to give victims access to aid from government agencies outside of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA).
Scenic waterway to get makeover
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 29/06/2021
» Since the end of 2020, Klong Phadung Krung Kasem has seen a number of improvements, in particular the introduction of electric passenger boats along the Thewet Market Pier to Hua Lamphong Pier stretch.
BMA to give Green Bridge a revamp
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 01/03/2021
» Buoyed by the warm public response for Bangkok's first skypark across the Chao Phraya River that opened last year, the city's administration is planning to develop a similar elevated park in Bangkok's central business district.
BMA opens sky park over river
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 25/06/2020
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) yesterday officially opened Chao Phraya Sky Park -- the first public park over the Chao Phraya River.
'Skycycle lane' offers elevated congestion-free travel
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 15/09/2019
» In a bid to promote the use of bicycles for daily transport, Smart City Innovative Research Academy (Scira), a think-tank on urban development under King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang has come up with an idea it calls "The Skycycle Project".
What Bangkok can expect in 2019 from Aswin
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 05/01/2019
» 2019 is going to be the year in which Bangkok governor Aswin Kwanmuang will be more generous and refrain from implementing policies which may upset people.
Songkhla town closes in on World Heritage status
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 28/10/2018
» Songkhla has become known as the major economic hub in the deep South.
From urban jungle, a mega park
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 22/07/2018
» Imagine three major city parks -- Chatuchak, Queen Sirikit, and Wachirabenchathat (or the State Railway Public Park) -- merged into one. The result would be the one behemoth reminiscent of London's The Mall.