PHUKET: Motorists on Phuket are being asked to make a major diversion around the underpass at Central Festival in Phuket City from Monday though to October 20.
The alternate route will have to be taken by motorists travelling north from Chalong and Rawai along Chao Fa Road West. It will allow engineers to complete a major part of the project.
From October 6 - in wild wet weather or not - officers from Phuket City Police Station have orders to direct traffic heading north to turn left, down Vichitsongkram Road.
Traffic will briefly head towards Patong, then be directed right along Bang Yai Road behind the Big C supermarket and then left again back onto the bypass road heading north, towards the Tesco Lotus intersection.
The underpass at Central Festival Phuket is now entering the final phases of completion.
What will make the diversion more testing is the forecast of wild, stormy weather that will continue to Thursday. Small boats are advised not to put to sea.
If it's of any consolation to motorists, storms this week in Krabi and Phang Nga are expected to be worse than those on Phuket.
The alternate route will have to be taken by motorists travelling north from Chalong and Rawai along Chao Fa Road West. It will allow engineers to complete a major part of the project.
From October 6 - in wild wet weather or not - officers from Phuket City Police Station have orders to direct traffic heading north to turn left, down Vichitsongkram Road.
Traffic will briefly head towards Patong, then be directed right along Bang Yai Road behind the Big C supermarket and then left again back onto the bypass road heading north, towards the Tesco Lotus intersection.
The underpass at Central Festival Phuket is now entering the final phases of completion.
What will make the diversion more testing is the forecast of wild, stormy weather that will continue to Thursday. Small boats are advised not to put to sea.
If it's of any consolation to motorists, storms this week in Krabi and Phang Nga are expected to be worse than those on Phuket.
May be unavoidable, but this will be hell. However 9:35am and no diversions yet.
Posted by James on October 6, 2014 09:36