Bangkok to see 9 new parks by end of 2022
published : 1 Oct 2021 at 13:36
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Supoj Wancharoen
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration plans to open nine new public parks across the capital by the end of next year.
The BMA said the parks, covering 220 rai, are part of the "Green Bangkok 2030" campaign aimed at transforming the capital into a greener and healthier city.
Under the campaign, launched in December 2019, the BMA plans to increase green space for the city's population to 10m² per person by 2030.
Currently, green space amounts to the equivalent of 7.3m².
The nine public parks, in eight districts, will open from late this year through 2022.
They are the 37-rai Thiantalay Phattana Phrueksa Phirom Park in Bang Khunthian district; the 26-rai Phupha Su Maha Nathee Park in Chatuchak district; and the 98-rai park near Phutthamonthon Sai 3 Road in Thawi Watthana district.
Others are the 18-rai Suan Pa Niwet Onnut in Prawet; the 14-rai Suan Pa Niwet Nong Khaem in Nong Khaem; the 5.6-rai Suan Pa Ekkamai in Watthana; the 2-rai park by Chao Phraya River in Klong San; the 14-rai area in Phra Khanong; and the 5.4-rai sports ground in Watthana.
The BMA will also add green spaces below elevated train routes and on traffic islands, and planting is under way along the 21-km Blue Line route from Bang Or station to Lak Song station.
Vocabulary
- BMA (noun): the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration; the local government of Bangkok - กรุงเทพมหานคร
- campaign: a series of actions intended to produce political or social change - การรณรงค์
- elevated: raised above the ground, or higher than the surrounding area - ซึ่งอยู่ในระดับที่สูงกว่าสิ่งอื่น
- equivalent: the same as; equal to - เท่าเทียมกันกับ
- rai (noun): a unit for measuring land, equal to 2/5 of an acre or 1,600 square metres - ไร่ (2/5 เอเคอร์) (1600 ตารางเมตร)
- traffic island: an elevated place on the street dividing parts of the street - เกาะกลางถนน , ส่วนของถนนที่เป็นแนวคั่นอยู่ตรงกลางระหว่างถนน 2 ฝั่ง
