Bangkok traffic police have advised the public to avoid numerous roads and expressways across the capital at three different periods on Monday as they will be affected by the Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) summit.
The Traffic Control and Command Centre has announced that ACD delegates will attend meetings at the Foreign Ministry in the Ratchathewi area between 8am and 10.30am on Monday, and between 5.30pm and 8pm, and a Government House event early in the afternoon on the last day of the three-day forum.
The centre said traffic on expressways would be temporarily blocked to accommodate the delegates who are attending the meetings. As a result, it could affect people’s commuting along relevant routes, and people are encouraged to plan their travel.
The roads affected are: Phloenchit; Sukhumvit (between the Phloenchit Expressway intersection and the Asok intersection); Ratchadamri (Ratchaprasong intersection to Ratchadamri intersection); Charoen Krung (Si Phraya intersection to Chalermphan intersection); Witthayu (Phloenchit intersection to Sarasin intersection); Rama IV (Sala Daeng intersection); Sawankhalok; and Si Ayutthaya.
The expressways affected are: Phloenchit; Silom; Rama II; Rama IV; Thanon Chan; Yommarat; Uruphong and the second-stage expressway system.
From noon to 3.30pm, another ACD event will be held at Government House. The roads affected are: Si Ayutthaya; Benjamaborphit intersection, Rama IX, Phitsanulok, Misakawan intersection and Ratchadamnoen Nok.