Bangkok’s City Hall moves to cushion Bangkok roads

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Bangkok’s City Hall moves to cushion Bangkok roads

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วันจันทร์ ที่ 20 ส.ค. 2555

BANGKOK, Aug 20 - Crash cushions will be installed on 18 accident-prone throughout the Thai capital, mainly at flyovers, in Bangkok within September, Deputy Bangkok Governor Theerachon Manomaipiboon said on Monday.

He said the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration has already installed four cushions at the Ratchavipha flyover while 14 others will be fixed on the Y-shape intersections of six other flyovers within a month.

The arge cushions were installed in response to a recent accident at a Y-shape intersection on the Ratchavipha flyover where two persons were killed when their car plunged off the flyover.

Mr Theerachon said three accidents have occurred at accident-prone intersections on flyovers in the past month, adding that he has assigned officials in all Bangkok districts to survey sites where additional crash cushions will be needed.

He expressed concern that the installation work could be obstructed by the rain since the chemical that sticks to the concrete must be completely dry.  

Some accident-prone locations on Bangkok's flyovers are under the control of the Highway Department and the Express Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand. The two offices have installed crash cushions at sites under their supervision.

Meanwhile, an accident at an intersection on a flyover near the northern outskirts of Bangkok was reported Monday morning, in which a 35-year-old driver was seriously injured.

Police said the car plunged from the flyover, skidded 75 metres on the road and overturned. The injured driver was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital. (MCOT online news)

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