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The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has ordered a review of 371 construction sites after a lorry incident revealed overloading up to 61 tonnes. The BMA is considering the use of a Bridge Weight Motion system to measure vehicle weight, with results expected within two months.
Yesterday at the Bangkok City Hall, the Governor of Bangkok, Chadchart Sittipunt, and Deputy Governor Wisanu Subsompon provided updates on an incident where a ten-wheeled lorry transporting soil fell into an electric cable pit managed by the Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) in Sukhumvit Soi 64/1. This incident mirrored a similar one in Ratchaprarop.
The investigation suggests two factors were at fault: poor construction quality and the lorry carrying excess weight. According to highway laws, a ten-wheeled lorry can legally carry 25 tonnes….
