New parking lot planned to ease traffic in Rattanakosin Island
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The government has come up with the idea of building a parking lot at the riverside Nagaraphirom Park in a bid to tackle traffic congestion around Bangkok's Rattanakosin Island, Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwan said Wednesday.
After presiding over a meeting with the Committee for Krung Rattanakosin and Old Towns Conservation and Development, Prawit said they had agreed in principle to go ahead with the construction of a 700-vehicle capacity parking lot at the park and that it will soon be proposed to the Cabinet for consideration.
He said it is yet to determined where the funds for this project would come from and how much would be needed. Prawit added that they had already implemented measures to regulate traffic on the island, including getting big tour buses to park at the new Southern Bus Terminal, while city administration officials and police are looking for parking places for chartered vans and other vehicles, which are parking randomly in the Sri Ayudhaya Road area.
