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City Hall promises to decide on promenade in 5 more months
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 25/12/2019
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) insisted on Tuesday that it will spend five more months gathering public opinions before making a final decision on the controversial Chao Phraya Riverside promenade.
Riverbank promenade 'ready to rise'
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 23/11/2019
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has broken a year-long silence on its contentious Chao Phraya Riverside Promenade project by announcing most obstacles have been overcome and construction will begin once it receives a budget.
High-rises skirt law to spring up in narrow sois
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 12/05/2019
» Due to unscrupulous state officials and greedy real estate developers exploiting legal loopholes, many high-rises manage to spring up in narrow sois in Bangkok, posing environmental problems and safety concerns.
'Total' demolition of Aetas, says City Hall
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 20/04/2019
» The contractor who will be selected to demolish the Aetas Hotel and Residence in Bangkok's Pathumwan district must knock down the entire structures, not just the high-level floors, said a senior official at City Hall.
BMA 'not at fault' over skytrain lifts
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 05/03/2019
» A disabled group has lost a lawsuit in the Central Administrative Court in a case in which it demanded 1.4 billion baht from the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) for failing to install adequate lifts for the disabled at skytrain stations.
Golden age of mass transport needs spot of polish
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 06/01/2019
» Thailand is marching toward the golden age of mass transportation. The government is developing a number of subway and skytrain projects in the capital, trams in big cities like Phuket, Chiang Mai and Khon Kaen, and at the intra-provincial level, the country's first high speed train from Bangkok to Nong Khai.
BMA tipped to appeal 'axe' case
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 31/05/2018
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is considering appealing the Central Administrative Court's ruling that ordered it to pay compensation to three residents in Seri Villa Housing Estate whose house was surrounded by five markets.
BMA targets 'getting tough' with markets
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 17/05/2018
» The Central Administrative Court's ruling Wednesday ordering the dismantling of all five markets in the Seri Villa Housing Estate and compensation payments to plaintiffs will lead to City Hall "getting tough" with more than a hundred markets, the Bangkok governor says.
Green groups urge city to come clean on trees' fate
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 14/03/2018
» Urban tree conservation groups are pressuring city authorities and construction firms to explain what they will do with trees along mass transit construction sites.
City officials blamed for illegal markets at Seri Villa
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 05/03/2018
» The Bangkok Council has found about 20 city officials were at fault in allowing markets to operate illegally at Seri Villa, where two angry aunties attacked a parked truck with an axe and a metal pole.