Politician seeks budget to repair potholed Bangkok road near Bang Sue Grand Station
A concrete road damaged during the construction of a Bangkok expressway has been lying in a state of disrepair for almost 10 years, an MP-aspirant politician said on Thursday.
Sanyakorn Singhaweratham, from the Chart Pattana Kla Party, said that he found the road, which leads to the Chotiwat community in Bangkok’s Bang Sue district, full of potholes for a distance of over a kilometre. Sanyakorn visited the area on Thursday.
The road is located beneath the Prajim Ratthaya Expressway.
The young politician, who has offered himself as the party’s Bangkok MP candidate at the next general election, said that community residents told him the concrete road used to be in good condition before the construction of the expressway passing over the area. During the construction, the road was used by heavy trucks, which caused severe damage to its surface.
He quoted local residents as saying the potholes had caused several road accidents and made it difficult to transport patients to the hospital.
“This road is located just a few kilometres from the Bang Sue Grand Station, but its condition is as bad as ones in rural areas,” Sanyakorn said.
He quipped that if just a third of the 33-million-baht budget set aside to acquire a new name post for the station were allocated for repair work, the community would get a new road.
“I appeal to the authorities involved to spend the budget carefully and take care of the nearby areas,” the politician said.
The State Railway of Thailand has come under fire for its plan to spend 33.1 million baht for replacing the massive letters that form the name of the station, which is now officially called Krung Thep Aphiwat Central Terminal.
