'Beautiful lanes'
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The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is working to encourage each of its 50 districts to have a street designated a "beautiful lane", BMA adviser Wichai Sangprapai said yesterday.
He also warned any city law-enforcement district head who failed to comply with the plan could face transfer to an inactive post.
Wichai said he would propose the idea to Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra in a bid to make Bangkok beautiful and serve as tourist attractions. If the “one beautiful lane, one district” plan succeeded, he would seek to expand it further.
He cited as an example, Phra Nakhon district’s Rajadamnoen Avenue from the Royal Plaza to the Sanam Luang, which should have no street hawkers. Also, Bang Sue district should beautify the Prachacheun Road along the waterworks canal. He said areas near these “beautifiul lanes” would be allowed to retain their street stalls.
Meanwhile, Sukhumbhand on Monday attended a “Thai Village” event in Washington hosted by the Thai Embassy and the Thai community. At the event he revealed that the BMA would launch a website for tourists. It will also gather comments from visitors in order to improve the city.
On July 18, Sukhumbhand and his team collected an award from Travel+Leisure magazine after Bangkok was voted the world’s best city for the fourth year running.
