Bangkok City Plan

[GWR]

http://www.2bangkok.com/2bangkok/Mas...asterMap.shtml
Herewith a whole slew of Bangkok Master Plans elsewhere on 2Bangkok.com. Indeed, more proof that there are an awful lot of Masters and very few ...

[Yappofloyd]

....decision making processes which are not corrupted by politics, vested interest, inaction and personal egos???

[Yappofloyd]

I thought that we had a thread on the City Plan but it seems not.

Bangkok to work with six adjacent cities on joint city plan Bangkokpost 6/07/2009
Bangkok is trying to collaborate with six neighbouring provinces to integrate their development with Greater Bangkok's in the new Bangkok city plan to be implemented from 2011. The Department of City Planning of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) believes the development of adjacent areas - Nonthaburi, Samut Prakan, Pathum Thani, Nakhon Pathom, Samut Sakhon and Chachoengsao - is linked with that of the capital.

The BMA held public hearings on the impact of the 2006-11 Bangkok city plan on the six provinces early this year, explained M.R. Premsiri Kasemsunta, the department's deputy director-general. Residents raised several urgent concerns, he said. People in Nonthaburi wanted the BMA to speed up the launch of the BRT (bus rapid transit) line running along Chaeng Watthana Road. Samut Prakan residents asked for better transport between the province and Bangkok.

In Chachoengsao, residents want systematic transport links with Bangkok. Pathum Thani inhabitants reported problems with water drainage while Samut Sakhon lacks a town plan for land usage. "Bangkok's city plan can have an impact on other provinces nearby so we should do it together to improve water drainage, transport, land usage or anything else," said M.R. Premsiri. "But the difficulty is that the expiry dates of their city plans are not in the same year."

To develop an integrated plan, the BMA and the Interior Ministry have set up a committee for the six provinces and Bangkok. The Public Works Department should lead co-operation as it is responsible for city planning. For Bangkok, the BMA held a public hearing and found that real estate developers want accessible lands in Bangkok to be developed and want the BMA to encourage co-development between the public and private sectors.

The BMA's proposal to the Public Works Department will include a specific city plan for the Bangkok Southwestern Minor Commercial Centre, instead of the Taksin Transport Centre. The change would reduce the areas from four districts including Bang Khunthian, Thon Buri, Phasicharoen and Chom Thong to only four subdistricts in Phasicharoen and Chom Thong covering just 3.8 square kilometres.

Under the previous plan, the Taksin Transport Centre was to be in Thon Buri but the Bangkok Southwestern Minor Commercial Centre would be at the interchange of the BTS Green Line and a new mass-transit station on the Red Line, or near the planned Wutthakat BTS station. The BMA will build secondary roads and taxi parking points and improve pavements to provide better access to mass transit.

[Wisarut]

Bangkae is so large (190000 people in this district( that it is about time for BMA to Split Bang Khae into 2 new districts so BMA can serve people better
http://www.dailynews.co.th/thailand/114671

[Ahoerstemeier]

Bangkae is so large (190000 people in this district( that it is about time for BMA to Split Bang Khae into 2 new districts so BMA can serve people better
http://www.dailynews.co.th/thailand/114671

This was planned already before the last district council elections, see for example in this answer to an interpellation. And I believe that the area adjustments of the subdistricts within Bang Khae done in 2010 were also already in preparation to the splitting of the district, as now Phetkasem highway marks the boundary between southern and northern part of the district. But maybe the time run out to do the change before the district council elections, so now is a good time to start the process again, to be ready by 2014 for the next council elections.

[Wisarut]

Demographic of BKK - 24,557 men less in 2011 than 2010
http://www.dailynews.co.th/thailand/5957

[Wisarut]

Turning BMA HQ at the Giant Swing into the public library and Museum ...
http://breakingnews.nationchannel.co...?newsid=642626

[Wisarut]

New Electronic Sign Board tax by BMA to finance the underground power line around BKK
http://www.thanonline.com/index.php?...te-&Itemid=478