Widening of ‘Tha Reua shortcut’ complete
A ROAD JOINING BEHIND Wat Tha Reua, south of the Heroines Monument, to Baan Manik in Cherng Talay, has been expanded in the hope of alleviating heavy traffic congestion on Thepkrasattri Rd and on Srisoonthorn Rd.
The small section of road, which joins Route 3030 to a small road leading to Baan Manik in Cherng Talay, has now been expanded to five metres wide and the road resurfaced with asphalt.
The small road is accessed via Route 3030, which joins Thepkrasattri Rd just south of Wat Tha Reua.
Phuket Governor Sophon Suwannarat has praised the owner of the land for making the road available for expansion, and open for more traffic.
The move is in line with his ‘One Road, One Tambon’ policy, which aims to develop Phuket’s secondary road network in the hope of dispersing traffic from Phuket’s already clogged main roads.
The small section of road joining behind Wat Tha Reua to Baan Manik has even been proposed as a “shortcut between Phuket Town and the airport”, according to an official report of the road’s resurfacing.
The move to expand the road began in January, through the coordination of Srisoonthorn Municipality with officials from the Phuket branch of the Department of Rural Roads and from the Thalang branch of the Department of Lands.
The previous condition of the road, only a couple of metres wide, was too small for vehicles to pass each other, and was at risk of accidents, officials noted at the time.
In a post online last week, Srisoonthorn Municipality thanked PNK Construction Co Ltd for providing the heavy machinery required to expand and resurface the road.
Governor Sophon called for more people to step up to help develop secondary roads across Phuket to alleviate traffic congestion on the island.
A new road being developed from Kathu to Srisoonthorn is underway after local landowners came forward to donate the land needed in order to build a new road across the hills between the two key residential areas. The Phuket News