BMA backs land grab for flyover

BMA backs land grab for flyover

Bus detour ‘will reduce congestion’

City Hall on Saturday defended its plan to expropriate land in Chatuchak district to make way for a planned flyover that would give buses a better connection to the nearby Don Muang tollway.

The proposed flyover would connect the old Mor Chit Bus Terminal with Vibhavadi Rangsit Road to allow buses from the terminal to head directly to the tollway.

A plan has also been tabled to revive the old Mor Chit bus terminal, which is now an electric train depot, and turn it into a so-called Inter-Model Terminal.

If and when the plan materialises, traffic around the area will be heavily congested and the flyover will help divert buses from the terminal to the tollway, said Chiradet Karunkrittakun, deputy director of Bangkok Metropolitan Administration’s…