File photo : Construction on Rama 2 road
Government spokesman Chai Wacharonke offered an assurance today that all construction projects on the Rama 2 Road will be completed next year, after which the traffic gridlock will be substantially eased.
Chai made the statement after he engaged in a social media spat over traffic conditions on Rama 2 road with Move Forward MP for Bangkok, Rukchanok Srinork.
In his “X” post on Monday, Chai said that someone, apparently referring to Rukchanok, asked him whether he knew that traffic on Rama 2 is so “damned” congested.
Chai then claimed to have just used the road, departing from Hua Hin at 9.50am and arriving in Bangkok at about 12.30pm, a journey of about two hours and 40 minutes, concluding that the traffic was not as congested as someone had claimed.
Responding to Chai’s posts, Rukchanok said in her Facebook post yesterday that…
