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Waiting times halved at busiest Bangkok traffic lights
News, Post Reporters, Published on 05/02/2026
» A new adaptive control traffic signal system to ease congestion at two of the city’s busiest intersections — Phra Khanong and Sukhumvit 71 (Pridi Banomyong) — has already halved average waiting times to six minutes, according to the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA).
Flooding hits Central Plain, inundating Ayutthaya
Online Reporters, Published on 05/10/2025
» Flooding struck 16 provinces on Sunday, mostly in the Central Plain hit by deluges of water from the Chao Phraya River, and the highest number of affected households was in Ayutthaya province.
PM vows to fast-track B100-billion flood drainage project
Online Reporters, Published on 27/09/2025
» Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has ordered the immediate disbursement of flood relief funds next week and pledged to fast-track a long-term drainage project worth 100 billion baht to tackle recurring flood crises.
Thailand's Land Bridge falls flat
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 13/07/2025
» As Thailand's political future hangs in the balance, so too does one of the country's most ambitious mega-infrastructure proposals: the Land Bridge Project, envisioned as a transformative logistics corridor linking the Gulf of Thailand with the Andaman Sea.
Canal bridge road opens early
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 14/05/2025
» The Department of Rural Roads (DRR) officially opened the inbound section of the Maha Sawat Canal Bridge on Ratchaphruek Road in Nonthaburi yesterday to accommodate a surge in traffic associated with the start of the new school term.
Construction of Govt Complex access road picks up pace
Post Reporters, Published on 18/09/2023
» The construction of a new road that would link the Government Complex to Pracha Chuen Road will start to pick up pace, as problems relating to the removal of public utility lines in the area have now been resolved, according to the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (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.
Irrigation land sell-off, water wall blamed for Phuket's recent flood tumult
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 11/12/2022
» The issuance of land title deeds covering canal irrigation areas that saw the new owners build a water wall to obstruct its flow was one of the chief causes of floods and landslides in Phuket, a forum was told.
Health ministry asks governor to curb post-holiday activities
News, Post Reporters, Published on 18/07/2022
» Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt will be called upon by the Public Health Ministry to cut back on public activities the risk fuelling the spread of Covid-19.
Death by bureaucracy
News, Published on 07/08/2021
» A chorus of criticism is circulating accusing Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha of being out of touch with reality and underestimating the gravity of the Covid-19 crisis.