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issue 3 92 26th August 2016
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walking in bintha long awaited pedestrian only area to be trialed
hua hin, THAILAND This Friday, 26th August, marks the beginning of a trial in Soi Binthabaht to make it a traffic free zone from 7pm every evening until the early hours of the morning, and there will be an official ceremony taking place to mark the event. The idea is not new, and has been around some time, and was even remarked on by AWOL on our front page over seven years ago (Issue 30, 8th May 2009) as one way to improve the town. Apparently, if successful, it will become a permanent feature, and may be rolled out to other streets in the ‘Binthablock’, including, we imagine, Soi Selekam and parts of Poolsuk Road and possibly Naresdamri Road and Soi Kanjanomai. Walking Streets have been successfully introduced in other places in Thailand, most notably Pattaya, and the reasons are normally twofold; safety of pedestrians, and a more pleasant, relaxing and conducive atmosphere for both tourists and locals to eat, drink and shop. The concept is already established in two night market areas in the town anyway, and is generally well observed, even by motorcycle riders, so the hope is that this will be the case with the new trial area as well. In terms of what will and won’t be allowed in the trial area, we understand that no cars or motorbikes will be allowed during the prescribed hours, and possibly also bicycles and food vendor carts, so essentially all wheeled vehicles. However, as this is a trial there may be some variation in this. We are also not sure if the stretch of Soi Selekam, often known as ‘Soi No Name’, which runs from Soi Binthabaht to the main part of Soi Selekam, is included in the initial trial. We’d say that everyone should take this perfect opportunity to go along, support local businesses and find out!
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