The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration has launched a program to smarten up some of the city’s streets by bringing order to the many pavement vendor stalls.
The Chief Advisor to the Bangkok Governor, Dr. Wallop Suwandee, on Wednesday visited the city’s Ramkhamhaeng area where he had earlier asked vendors to remove all illicit structures from the streets and pavements by August 22.
Dr. Wallop said he found that the vendors had cooperated and now avoid doing business on the footpaths during the daytime.
He said that, when all the pavements are free of vendors and stalls, city officials will work on leveling the surface in order to facilitate normal pedestrian traffic.
In addition to Ramkhamhaeng, the BMA is launching a similar program on Sukhumvit Road as well as in areas surrounding the Grand Palace and parts of Rama 4 Road in the center of Bangkok.
Dr. Wallop has invited vendors from all areas to discuss the plan while asking the public to help keep an eye on the clean-up operation and to report any inappropriate actions by city officials in order to ensure the effectiveness of the program. – See more at: http://thainews.prd.go.th/centerweb/NewsEN/NewsDetail?NT01_NewsID=WNSOC5708210010001#sthash.mb8RNniy.dpuf