PHUKET: Police and the Army acted today to clear motorcycle and car hirers from the streets of Patong. The hirers were ordered to move on.
Businesses have been told to find a private space, not public parking areas, from where to make their private transactions.
The hirers will not be allowed back and will have to use private property or shops instead, the Director of Traffic for Kathu Police Station, Lieutenant Eakrat Plaidung told Phuketwan.
Next it's the turn of Phuket's tuk-tuks and taxis to be told where to go.
As the Phuket push to restore all public spaces to the people continued, it was revealed that authorities have settled on a space near Tritrang beach, south of Patong, as a holding area for up to 200 of Patong's taxis and tuk-tuks that now clog the city's streets.
In Patong, there will be 30 earmarked spaces, each for three vehicles, where driver may sit and wait, said the Director of the Kathu District, Saiyan Chanachaiwong.
All police and councils are to meet with Phuket Vice Governor Jamleran Tipayapongtada on Wednesday at a summit that will decide how to make the island's traffic system work efficiently and what spots will be allocated to taxis and tuk-tuks, he said.
The summit is likely to be the final word from Phuket's authorities.
With all commercial activity being banned from Phuket's beaches, the future of the jet-skls remains in doubt because they will be unable to have ''office counters'' selling trips on the sand at Patong and the other beaches where they are still operating.
No sales counters, no jet-skis? The laws governing jet-skis are being reviewed by Phuket's Marine Office 5, Phuketwan was told today.
Businesses have been told to find a private space, not public parking areas, from where to make their private transactions.
The hirers will not be allowed back and will have to use private property or shops instead, the Director of Traffic for Kathu Police Station, Lieutenant Eakrat Plaidung told Phuketwan.
Next it's the turn of Phuket's tuk-tuks and taxis to be told where to go.
As the Phuket push to restore all public spaces to the people continued, it was revealed that authorities have settled on a space near Tritrang beach, south of Patong, as a holding area for up to 200 of Patong's taxis and tuk-tuks that now clog the city's streets.
In Patong, there will be 30 earmarked spaces, each for three vehicles, where driver may sit and wait, said the Director of the Kathu District, Saiyan Chanachaiwong.
All police and councils are to meet with Phuket Vice Governor Jamleran Tipayapongtada on Wednesday at a summit that will decide how to make the island's traffic system work efficiently and what spots will be allocated to taxis and tuk-tuks, he said.
The summit is likely to be the final word from Phuket's authorities.
With all commercial activity being banned from Phuket's beaches, the future of the jet-skls remains in doubt because they will be unable to have ''office counters'' selling trips on the sand at Patong and the other beaches where they are still operating.
No sales counters, no jet-skis? The laws governing jet-skis are being reviewed by Phuket's Marine Office 5, Phuketwan was told today.
I'll tell the tuk-tuks where they can go...
Posted by Pinot on July 13, 2014 17:54