Free weekend travel on new motorway to Kanchanaburi
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Free weekend travel on new motorway to Kanchanaburi

A 50 kilometre section of Motorway 81 is now open free of charge for travel between Nakhon Pathom and Kanchanaburi provinces every Friday, Saturdy and Sunday. (Photo: Piyarat Chongcharoen)
A 50 kilometre section of Motorway 81 is now open free of charge for travel between Nakhon Pathom and Kanchanaburi provinces every Friday, Saturdy and Sunday. (Photo: Piyarat Chongcharoen)

KANCHANABURI: Motorists can now use a section of the new motorway being built between Nakhon Pathom and Kanchanaburi provinces for free every Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

The Highways Department said a 50 kilometre stretch between the western Nakhon Pathom and Kanchanaburi gates will be open each week, toll free, from 3pm on Friday to 9pm on Sunday until further notice.

Other gates along the highway remain shut, the announcement said.

Opening the section would roughly reduce travel time by half, from one hour to about 30 minutes.

The new M81 highway extends from Bang Yai district in Nonthaburi province to Kanchanaburi, a distance of 96 kilometres, with a total of eight toll gates along the route.

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