PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN: Six illegal Myanmar migrants were killed and 12 injured when the pickup they were travelling in crashed into the median divider fence on Phetkasem highway in Muang district early on Wednesday. Pol Lt Col Suthep Jamikorn, duty investigator at Khlong Wan, said the accident occurred about 3am near kilometer marker 316+800 on […]
BANGKOK, Feb 15 (TNA) – The Highways Department will start its full-scale system of barrier-free expressway toll collection called M-Flow tonight. Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob said he had ordered the Highways Department to develop the M-Flow system to relieve traffic congestion at toll plazas. The department invited motorists to subscribe to the service and started […]
BANGKOK (NNT) – The 10-baht reduction for expressway fees from the Chalong Rat through Rama IX-I toll booths will be maintained for another year, with the government’s effort to lessen the public’s burden as well as to encourage the use of expressway. Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob said on Monday that as the subsidy was scheduled […]
BANGKOK (NNT) – The government’s Land Transport Commission has approved a plan to implement a barrier-less free flow toll system for motorways, piloting first at four toll plazas in October. The Commission for the Management of Land Traffic chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwan today approved the proposal to remove barriers from motorway […]
BANGKOK (NNT) – The Transport Ministry has started the faster highway speed limit of 120 kilometres per hour on a section on Highway 32 between Bang Pa-in district of Ayutthaya and Muang district of Ang Thong on Thursday and will expand it to other highways in all regions from August. Minister Saksayam Chidchob said the […]
BANGKOK, March 16 (TNA) – The Transport Ministry will raise the speed limit to 120 kilometers per hour on Highway 32 on April 1. Chayatham Phromsorn, permanent secretary for transport, said the speed limit would rise from 90kph because vehicles had better brakes and many roads were designed for faster traffic flows. Full story: tna.mcot.net […]
PHUKET: The move to increase the speed limit on roads throughout the country designated as highways to 120km/h will not apply anywhere in Phuket, as none of the major roads on the island satisfy the criteria for the speed limit increase, the Phuket Highways Office has confirmed. The news follows the Cabinet earlier this month […]
Motorists who use the right lane of a highway, with more than four traffic lanes, and drive at a speed of less than 90kph will face charges similar to speeding, under a new ministerial regulation being mulled by the Transport Ministry. Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob said today that the idea of setting the minimum speed […]
