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Major canal cleanup to begin
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 27/02/2015
» City Hall is to begin cleaning up nine major Bangkok canals, relocating thousands of households in the process. The first will be Khlong Lat Phrao where a new boat service is planned
Justice for pier victims
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 19/02/2015
» It has taken20 years, but relatives of 12 of the 29 people killed in the collapse of the Phran Nok pier in 1995 are finally getting compensation from the BMA.
The disabled win one
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 22/01/2015
» A group of determined disabled people cheered as the Supreme Administrative Court overturned a lower court decision against them and ordered the BMA to promptly provide lifts at all 23 Skytrain stations.
Fish removed from Bangkok mall pond
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 14/01/2015
» Workers from the Fisheries Department and Phra Nakhon district are moving about 3,000 fish out of Bangkok’s condemned New World shopping centre where they have swum around for more than 10 years.
Zigzag road markings to catch motorists' attention
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 12/01/2015
» City Hall is trying a new approach to keeping pedestrians safe while crossing city streets: zigzag road markings
Flying objects to be controlled
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 09/01/2015
» Khom Loy sky lanterns and Bang Fai rockets are facing new and tougher restrictions in an effort to make the skies safer for air travel.
Coming down: Court orders big hotel destroyed
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 03/12/2014
» A large luxury hotel and serviced apartment building on Soi Ruam Rudi in Bangkok have been ordered demolished by the Supreme Administrative Court since the soi is too narrow and they should never have been built in the first place.
Fish die in the thousands in Makkasan pond
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 27/11/2014
» City officials found that dissolved oxygen levels had fallen to zero in a pond on state railway land in Makkasan, causing thousands of fish to die.
Cycling lanes upgraded – and used as parking lots (updated)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 21/11/2014
» Repair work on the 12 bicycle lanes covering eight kilometres around the Rattanakosin area is due to be finished by Dec. 5. It is hoped that the finished lanes will stand out enough to prevent bus, car and motorcycle drivers from parking on them, but that hasn't happened yet.
Silom becomes vendor-free
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 02/11/2014
» Silom Road has become the ninth area of Bangkok to be vendor-free during the day, the work of about 440 police officers yesterday.