You are doing it wrong.

Instead of asking how to serve the massive amount of traffic, step back and take a look at this massive amount of traffic!

Instead of supporting people to buy new cars by paying them 100,000 baht, pay them to sell their car.

Support them to ride bicycle or to take the bus .. train ..... wat .. solly no have?

Posted by hoost on September 10, 2013 13:59

A roundabout that is much bigger would likely be much more effective. It would require compulsory land purchase but in principle surely that's a better option than under and over-passes?

Or for something really different, a toll collection at the circle would really cut down the traffic!

Posted by Duncan on September 10, 2013 14:21

I take the road everyday from Chaofa to Karon and do not see an issue with the Chalong Circle. At peak time the traffic jam takes me about 20 minutes to clear at most and that is mainly because the police decided to go disturb the natural flow of traffic by making it one way. I really cannot imagine another underpass digging for the next 5 years. Central Festival's underpass is unlikely to solve the traffic problems because traffic will bottleneck again at the area in front of the school. It was not well thought of at all and a very blatant attempt to explain the use of government funds.

Posted by May on September 10, 2013 16:12

The authorities should forget about changing the circle itself to fix the problem, other than minor improvements such as three lanes from the south - one reserved for Patong traffic.

Instead, they should build new roads well away from the circle to give traffic alternative routes.

For example, there is plenty of land to the north west of the circle for Patong traffic - the main reason for hold ups at the circle.

Also, the road to Chalong pier should be made one way - from west to east. This would also prevent the massive jams near the beach and in soi Sukee when commuter vans try to pick up passengers from the boats.

Posted by Buster on September 10, 2013 18:37

Option eight: Close the way to Chalong Pier which can be achieved by Soi Sukee that obviously needs to be made viable by buses and the most traffic. So, with only four roads affected, trafficking in Chalong Circle can be more fluid.

Posted by Tar on September 10, 2013 19:27

A traffic light and respecting green & red lights might do... as it does in many places around the world.
Add reasonable public transport and reduce the nbr. of taxis. These tunnel-mania is just madness !

Posted by Resident on September 11, 2013 06:14

"A traffic light and respecting green & red lights might do"
As experiences has shown, traffic lights will not do the trick there.

Posted by stevenl on September 11, 2013 10:52