City Hall will give Bangkok’s pavements a facelift, in a pilot project to be carried out on 16 roads with a combined pavement length of up to 86 kilometres.
The renovation project starts with Rama IV Road, at Hua Lamphong, Bangkok's former main train station, and stretches 5km to end where the road meets Kasemrat Road.
The first 2.3km section, from Hua Lamphong to Suan Lumpini Park’s gate No.3, is about 40% complete, while the other section, 2.7km long, is 57% complete, according to the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration.
Minor repair of pavements with a combined length of more than 300km was carried out last year, said a deputy Bangkok governor.
These works have yet to meet the satisfaction of many pedestrians, considering the number of complaints received about Bangkok’s pavements.
Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt admitted that some pavements in the city still need work. The combined length of pavements in the capital is around 6,000km, he said.
The project requires that work meets international standards for good pavements, he said on the BMA's Facebook page.
