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Residents fight BMA’s bus station relocation plan

A community living behind the old Mor Chit bus station plans to go to court to protest a land expropriation order, which they say is illegal as it serves commercial interests.

The residents, who live between Phahonyothin Road and Vihavadi Road, have submitted a petition to Bangkok governor Aswin Kwanmuang in response to a land expropriation order issued by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA).

The BMA issued the order in August, seeking to buy back 35 land plots along a 530-metre stretch from Soi Phahonyothin 18/1 to Soi Vibhavadi 5. It said the Ministry of Transport needed the land to develop transport infrastructure.

It has been reported the ministry wants to relocate the current Mor Chit bus station on Kamphaeng Phet Road behind Chatuchak Market back to its old location, which now serves as a depot for the BTS…

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