Gov. Khomsan Ekachai presides over a meeting
to look into solving traffic problems in Chonburi.
Chonburi will add traffic lanes and step up
enforcement to combat increasing traffic congestion in the Muang and
Phanasnikhom districts.
At a March progress-check meeting, Chonburi Gov. Khomsan Ekachai heard
that sidewalks will be removed on Sukhprayun Road near the Dom Hua Fo
intersection to widen the street and add a lane. The stretch will run
600 meters and cost 3.5 million baht.
Don Hua Fo municipal officials said funds for the
work already have been allocated and are waiting on the Chonburi
Department of Highway to complete construction plans.
Police also have been directed to bar 10-wheeled trucks from the street
during the morning and evening rush hours, and to erect no-parking signs
at the Thongkhung Temple intersection at the same times.
The highway department currently is working on seven projects to improve
road and highway traffic in the province.
The 579 million baht widening of the Bangphra highway is 84.5 percent
complete. Renovation of Highway 7, which will add access ramps and four
lanes of traffic, is waiting for a contractor to be hired. The
Pattaya-Maptaput highway is also in the planning stages.
Other projects focus on adding lanes to Highway 36, Route 331 and
Sukhumvit Third Road. All are waiting on budgetary approval.
As for the rural highway department, there has been progress in two
road-network projects. Chonburi has set a budget of 867 million baht and
2014-2017 has another four projects for 8.1 billion baht. (CPRD)
