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Growing city eyesore
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 26/01/2026
» Inside Soi Ruam Rudi in Pathumwan district, two luxury high-rise buildings now stand sealed and silent, encircled by metal fencing and waiting for demolition.
City gains stronger powers against smog
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 10/09/2025
» Bangkok will be designated a "special pollution control zone" from November to March in an unprecedented attempt to tackle the city's chronic smog, governor Chadchart Sittipunt announced on Tuesday.
Bangkok administration renovates Klong Toey Market
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 24/02/2025
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is renovating a walkway at Klong Toey Market on Rama IV Road after dismantling an extension market that had occupied the footpath for almost two decades.
Bangkok slow to enforce new speed limit
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 10/02/2025
» A new speed limit has been in effect in Thailand's capital for more than a month but traffic police are still waiting for the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) to install artificial intelligence security cameras to help them enforce it.
Stricter laws for drunk motorists
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 27/12/2024
» Drunk drivers will face harsher punishment next year, Transport Minister Suriya Jungrungreangkit says, adding the ministry would work with the Interior Ministry to increase penalties.
Ministry pauses Rama II roadworks
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 06/12/2024
» The Transport Ministry has ordered the suspension of all construction projects along Rama II Road from Dec 26 to Jan 2 to facilitate travel during the New Year holiday.
Klong Toey's Lao Market in Bangkok demolished for bus stop
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 02/12/2024
» The Lao Market in Klong Toey district of Bangkok is being demolished to broaden the pavement and install a bus stop, according to the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA).
New tech keeps lorry drivers in line
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 28/06/2024
» Transport Minister Suriya Jungrungreangkit yesterday vowed to get tougher on lorries exceeding the maximum permitted carrying weight and stamp out highway-related bribery.
Weight rule 'needs better enforcement'
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 14/11/2023
» The Transport Ministry has ordered all relevant agencies to cooperate with the police to assist its crackdown on overloaded trucks, after concrete slabs on a major road in Bangkok caved in last week.
BMA aims to ease filming woes
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 17/08/2023
» Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt has ordered all district offices in Bangkok and the City Law Enforcement Department to speed up processing times for foreign film shoot applications.