PHUKET: A public meeting will be organised for early next month to decide whether Patong's one-way traffic system should be reversed, Mayor Chalermlak Kebsub has told Phuketwan.
''There is no haste,'' she said. ''We have been talking to Patong traffic police and they will prepare a plan for the public meeting.''
If a change won public support, as seems likely, a switch would come as soon as police were ready, Mayor Chalermlak said.
The reversal of the clockwise flow would probably also create the possibility of a Pattaya-style low-cost bus system being introduced as soon as possible.
Officials see the concept of a bus crisscrossing through the one-way loop as a way of reducing existing traffic.
Efforts are currently underway to clear taxis and eventually tuk-tuks from crowding the west coast tourist hub's busy thoroughfares.
Mayor Chalerlak said that the one-way system changeover would probably require a publicity campaign with brochures and new signage being available overnight as the switch took place.
''There is no haste,'' she said. ''We have been talking to Patong traffic police and they will prepare a plan for the public meeting.''
If a change won public support, as seems likely, a switch would come as soon as police were ready, Mayor Chalermlak said.
The reversal of the clockwise flow would probably also create the possibility of a Pattaya-style low-cost bus system being introduced as soon as possible.
Officials see the concept of a bus crisscrossing through the one-way loop as a way of reducing existing traffic.
Efforts are currently underway to clear taxis and eventually tuk-tuks from crowding the west coast tourist hub's busy thoroughfares.
Mayor Chalerlak said that the one-way system changeover would probably require a publicity campaign with brochures and new signage being available overnight as the switch took place.
Reverse makes it possible to open all the connecting streets, because it will be turn left - keep left.
That alone will ease the traffic north - south, because people don't have to drive all the way around when they shop in the neighborhood.
Should have been done long time ago, as the arrows around the circle north from beach road indicates.
Posted by Sherlock on September 24, 2014 17:09