Rama III Rd repairs need at least 4 more days
published : 15 Dec 2022 at 12:22
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Post Reporters
The Metropolitan Electricity Authority advises motorists to continue to avoid Rama III Road, partly closed by subsidence at Charoenrat intersection, as repairs will take at least four more days.
The MEA said on Thursday the time was needed to complete road surface repairs and for safety checks.
The subsidence occurred on the inbound side of Rama III Road under a flyover across the intersection on Tuesday, in the area where an MEA contractor was putting power cables underground.
Experts said the subsidence was abnormal and might have been the result of high tides in the nearby Chao Phraya river.
The hole closed the inbound section of the flyover, and only two of four inbound lanes at ground level remained open for traffic. There is continuing heavy congestion for inbound traffic to Charoenrat intersection.
Vocabulary
- abnormal: not usual or typical - ผิดปกติ ไม่ธรรมดา
- cable: thick strong metal rope used on ships, for supporting bridges, etc. - สายเคเบิ้ล, เชือกหรือเหล็กเส้นขนาดใหญ่
- congestion: a situation in which a place is crowded with people or vehicles - แน่นขนัดไปด้วยรถหรือคน
- contractor: a person or company whose job is to do work for another person, organisation, company, etc. - ผู้รับเหมา
- inbound: travelling towards a particular point, particularly into a city - ขาเข้า (opposite of outbound ขาออก)
- subsidence: the process by which an area of land sinks to a lower level than normal, or by which a building sinks into the ground - การทรุดตัวลง
- surface: the outside or top layer of something - ผิวหน้า, ผิวภายนอก, ด้านนอก
- tide: the regular rise and fall of the level of the sea (the tides) - ปรากฏการณ์น้ำขึ้นน้ำลง, กระแสน้ำขึ้นน้ำลง
