Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob says he will increase speed limit to 120 kilometres per hour on sections of selected highways as surveys show most people support it. The minister said on Monday his ministry conducted opinion surveys which showed 71% of the respondents agreed with the increase in the highway speed limit from 90 to […]
CHACHOENGSAO: An elderly woman, said to be suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, was crushed to death on Highway 314 in Ban Pho district of this eastern Central province on Sunday morning. Pol Capt Puthipong Chuenchom, a duty investigator of Saen Phudat police station in Ban Pho district, said the incident occurred at about 6.30am near Moo […]
The out-bound lanes of the Vibhavadi Rangsit Highway will be closed at kilometre marker 24+279 from 10 pm on Aug 25 to 4 am on Aug 26 for the installation of five steel girders on the bridge under construction across the highway into the Don Mueang international airport, the Highways Department announced. The department apologises […]
The main highway between Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai provinces in the upper North has been reopened to traffic after the five sections damaged by a flash flood were repaired. Pol Col Pongpeera Karaket, chief of Doi Saket police station in Chiang Mai, said the five sections of the highway were cut off by a […]
AYUTTHAYA: About two tonnes of broken glass and bottles being delivered to a recycling factory spilled off a truck, littering about 2 kilometres of highway 32 in Bang Pahan district and reducing traffic to a crawl in the early hours of Tuesday. The spill occurred about 3.20am in tambon Pho Sam Ton, Pol Col Anek […]
Chiang Mai citizens yesterday called for the suspension of the Highway 11 expansion project after accusing contractor of felling century old trees, and unprofessional removal of the trees. The call was made during a meeting among the local people’s network and academics in Chiang Mai after Peepal trees were cut and removed unprofessionally by contractor […]
Seven passengers were killed and three others seriously injured when the passenger van they were travelling in from Sukhothai rammed at the rear of a 10-wheel truck on Asian Highway in Bang Pahan district of Ayutthaya on Friday night. One survivor of the van crash known only as Kamlai told the police that all the […]
BANGKOK, 11 April 2015 (NNT) – The cabinet has approved the proposed construction of three motorways to alleviate traffic problems. Deputy Spokesperson of the PM Office Col Sansern Kaewkamnerd disclosed that the three highways would be built on the following routes. The first interstate, which covers 196 kilometers, starts from Bang Pa-In in Ayutthaya province […]
