THIRTEEN Phuket business associations have jointly sent a letter to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha urging him to order the quick repair of Highway 4029 that was damaged by floods triggered by tropical storm Nesat earlier this month as it links Patong beach to Phuket Town and the airport with both Thai and foreign tourists
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Trailer-truck disappears while driver takes a shower
PUZZLED by the disappearance of a 22-wheel trailer-truck was its driver who was later informed by local residents that it had flipped over by the roadside a kilometre away but he insists he pulled the handbrake before stepping out, Matichon newspaper said today (Apr. 23). Mr. Singto Khlainoi, 20, a native of Nakhon Ratchasima
Read moreBangkok roads almost empty amid stepped up lockdown
TRAFFIC on most of Bangkok’s roads was greatly lighter than usual with some of them almost empty the morning (July 20) the first day of enhanced lockdown with 100 percent work from home in effect but some vendors were still visible as they said they had to trade in order to survive, Sanook.com said.
Read moreTel Aviv set to become first city with electric recharging roads
By Alexis Benveniste, CNN Business New York – The city of Tel Aviv is working on creating wireless electric roads to charge and power public transportation in the city. The electric roads are part of a pilot programme led by the Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality in collaboration with ElectReon, a company developing a system that can
Read moreCables left on road ensnare motorbike injuring 2 persons
AN ELDERLY man and his granddaughter got badly injured in Chonburi province last evening after their motorcycle got tangled in a large pile of communication cables haphazardly left on the road, Sanook.com reported this morning (August 3). The accident was captured by a car camera of the vehicle coming in the opposite direction of
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