Countdown to BTS concession expiry: Interior Ministry to decide Green Line's fate
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 03, 2025
The concession for BTS’s core Green Line will expire in 2029, prompting the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) to prepare for its future management. BMA is currently studying and preparing to launch a new public-private partnership (PPP) bidding process, with a clear model expected by 2026.
BMA vows to improve sidewalks to be more accessible to wheelchairs, the blind
SUNDAY, APRIL 07, 2024
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration on Sunday vowed to lower the height of sidewalks and make them level, as well as providing slopes to make them more accessible to wheelchair users and the blind.
BMA denies letting the renovated Klong Ong Ang rot through lack of attention
SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 2024
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has dismissed criticisms on social media of leaving the Ong Ang Canal, which had become a popular walking street during the previous government, to become polluted again.
Civil groups join Bangkokians in fighting BMA’s new city plan
SUNDAY, JANUARY 07, 2024
Civil groups and Bangkok residents have come together to express their opposition to the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA)’s new city plan, which was put to a public hearing on Saturday.
BMA tells contractors to tighten security measures after Lat Krabang accident
MONDAY, JULY 17, 2023
Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt held a meeting with contractors of large projects in the capital to ensure they strictly follow security measures following a fatal accident at a construction site in Lat Krabang last week.
Bangkok all set to show off Pride’s rainbow colours on June 4
SUNDAY, MAY 21, 2023
Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt declared with great pride that the city’s second “real pride event” will be held on June 4, which also marks his second year as city governor.