PUBLISHED: 21 Mar 2025 at 05: 10
According to the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration ( BMA ), Bangkok has renovated 700 kilometres of its walkways, and another 1, 000 km will be upgraded by the following year.
Aekvarunyoo Amrapala, a spokeswoman for BMA, was on Thursday monitoring the progress of a road project between the Bangkok Noi district’s Phran Nok Market and the Bangkok Yai MRT Station.
This 4 km of road job, which connects Bangkok Noi, Bangkok Yai, and Thon Buri, was started in June and uses the Universal Design principle to make the project more accessible for the community.
With improvements that incorporate the neighborhood’s social features, non-slippery surfaces, and improvements that are stronger and safer, respectively. According to Mr. Aekvarunyoo, about 180 street food stalls have been relocated either inside the market or abroad.
The BMA’s four-year plan to upgrade 1, 000 km of roads by 2026 includes this function. By the end of the month, about 87 roads will have been absolutely upgraded, totaling 774 kilometers, and about 70 % of the work has already been completed in this direction.
Because 60 % of Bangkok people rely on walking to get to and from the public transportation system, he said, the BMA is focusing on improving roads.
The BMA has re-laid the roads in areas with big feet traffic, such as Phloenchit, Silom, Lang Suan, and Yaowarat, to add more security, he said.
The entire improvements to the walkways include removing any unnecessary city equipment, installing fresh water drain tracks, and levelling the entrance and exit points of stores and other locations to suit the footpaths for improved safety, according to Mr. Aekvarunyoo.
Since street food vendors were given until March 16 to shift to specific areas where they can also trade, changes to the roads next to Klong Toey Market on Rama IV Road continue.
On Tuesday, a BMA group cleaned the sidewalks in front of the business to prepare the way for the work’s repair phase to begin. The 120-day work will begin in June to enhance the scenery.
For the safety of the pedestrians, Klong Toey Market vendors were also instructed not to stretch their stalls onto the sidewalk.