Spare a thought for us who live nearby......impossible now to get out of our soi and get into the 3rd lane for the Tesco Lotus U-turn.
Have to turn left onto the Nong Khai road and take the first U-turn and join the queue of traffic waiting to go right at the lights heading towards Tesco Lotus.......quicker to walk and get a saamlaw back with all the shopping !

I was caught up in all this last weekend, and noticed crap driving behaviour.

I guess adjusting time frames and taking Xanax daily might assist a few.

my plan from the city to transit to NK etc is to pass by Nongprajak Roundabout, and head up to the ring road, and then past Wing 23 Golf and onto the NK highway.

Im sure Im the only one who plans this way also, LOL

err Now your confusing me wazza ...... Wing 23 golf is on the KK Rd ........the opposite side of town to the roadworks

Did you mean the Army couse at Nong Samrong ......... if so, aren't there MAJOR road works and lane closures all the way along that road ??

stattointhailand wrote: ↑

August 30, 2017, 7:54 am

err Now your confusing me wazza ...... Wing 23 golf is on the KK Rd ........the opposite side of town to the roadworks

Did you mean the Army couse at Nong Samrong ......... if so, aren't there MAJOR road works and lane closures all the way along that road ??

I think wazza means Nong Samrong.
There are still roadworks on the Nam Samrong road & do not look like finishing soon.

You would also have a problem getting across the Ring road intersection at Nam Samrong as a lot of people would go that way.

The best option if you are coming from town would be to go to the end of Posri road instead of going around Nonprajak.

Turn right onto the ring road & then you have the option of going via Nong Samrong at the next set of traffic lights or going straight on past Tesco Lotus onto the main Highway to Nong Khai.

Yeah guys sorry...army . airforce...

wazza wrote: ↑

August 30, 2017, 8:57 am

Yeah guys sorry...army . airforce...

Same Same ..... lots of medals and a boss man with a big enough handicap to win the competition

I went through the intersection from all four directions yesterday......around noonish.....no backed up traffic in any of the directions and everything as orderly as you'd expect at a major construction area. I'm not sure who has the contract for the project but I noticed some big names that make one hope they'll do a bang up job. Finally, I did not see anyone bending old coat hangers for rebar.......that's a good sign.

parrot wrote: ↑

September 23, 2017, 12:57 pm

I went through the intersection from all four directions yesterday......around noonish.....no backed up traffic in any of the directions and everything as orderly as you'd expect at a major construction area. I'm not sure who has the contract for the project but I noticed some big names that make one hope they'll do a bang up job. Finally, I did not see anyone bending old coat hangers for rebar.......that's a good sign.

I managed to get through without hold up last Sunday =D> (at about 05 :15 in the morning :-& ) ......... the other 7 or 8 times a day, every day, its taken 10 - 15 minutes extra per journey.
Had a big tail back on Thurs, all lanes at standstill back towards NK beyond the first u turn. so thought I'd be clever and take u turn and then to Hospital via Nong Samrong road ....... ended up waiting nearly 10 mins to get round the u turn due to constant Northbound traffic and hesitant drivers

parrot wrote: ↑

September 23, 2017, 12:57 pm

I went through the intersection from all four directions yesterday......around noonish.....no backed up traffic in any of the directions and everything as orderly as you'd expect at a major construction area. I'm not sure who has the contract for the project but I noticed some big names that make one hope they'll do a bang up job. Finally, I did not see anyone bending old coat hangers for rebar.......that's a good sign.

Lets hope the quality will be a notch better that the Sakhon Highway overpass outside Big C

Alchai wrote: ↑

September 23, 2017, 1:48 pm

parrot wrote: ↑

September 23, 2017, 12:57 pm

I went through the intersection from all four directions yesterday......around noonish.....no backed up traffic in any of the directions and everything as orderly as you'd expect at a major construction area. I'm not sure who has the contract for the project but I noticed some big names that make one hope they'll do a bang up job. Finally, I did not see anyone bending old coat hangers for rebar.......that's a good sign.

Lets hope the quality will be a notch better that the Sakhon Highway overpass outside Big C

or nongsam rong

TAXIfor7/11 wrote: ↑

September 23, 2017, 1:57 pm

Alchai wrote: ↑

September 23, 2017, 1:48 pm

parrot wrote: ↑

September 23, 2017, 12:57 pm

I went through the intersection from all four directions yesterday......around noonish.....no backed up traffic in any of the directions and everything as orderly as you'd expect at a major construction area. I'm not sure who has the contract for the project but I noticed some big names that make one hope they'll do a bang up job. Finally, I did not see anyone bending old coat hangers for rebar.......that's a good sign.

Lets hope the quality will be a notch better that the Sakhon Highway overpass outside Big C

or nongsam rong

B*gger ..... no wonder it took me so long to get to the hospital via Nong Samrong .......... I missed the overpass and went all the way at ground level

Big holdup last night, particularly between the Sakhon Nakhon turnoff and the Tesco junction. I'd been to football at Kumphawapi, but came home via Udon, rather than (from Phen) via Nong Han, my outward journey. Big mistake. I see elsewhere there were civil service exams in town, so perhaps this didn't help? Noticed three accidents too. It seemed most traffic was Nong Khai direction bound, so the fast( not last night it wasn't!) was very fully loaded. Sod's law had it that on actually reaching the Tesco junction, the building works area had been widened and cars were filtered left into other lanes anyway! I don't know how long we crept along, but quite a while. My bladder said so.

Brian Davis wrote: ↑

September 25, 2017, 1:40 pm

I'd been to football at Kumphawapi,

Just out of interest, who was playing.

I often stop and watch the games on the pitch opposite our shop (next to the monkey park) but never have a clue which teams they are!!

I suppose the easiest answer is to avoid the project during peak traffic hours. There are ways to g on your way with out going through the construction. I'm hoping it takes less time the Big C. But, a lot that might be to allow the cement to cure.

parrot wrote: ↑

September 23, 2017, 12:57 pm

I went through the intersection from all four directions yesterday......around noonish.....no backed up traffic in any of the directions and everything as orderly as you'd expect at a major construction area. I'm not sure who has the contract for the project but I noticed some big names that make one hope they'll do a bang up job. Finally, I did not see anyone bending old coat hangers for rebar.......that's a good sign.

About 10 days ago, I was waiting for the lights to change and saw a farang foreman supervising the placement of some heavy plant. He had a white hard hat that matched his beard as well as a decent beer belly. Maybe one of ItalThai's consultants? He wan't a spring chicken and reminded me of this character from Michael J Baird's Pattaya cartoons.

panmotor wrote: ↑

September 25, 2017, 8:32 pm

Brian Davis wrote: ↑

September 25, 2017, 1:40 pm

I'd been to football at Kumphawapi,

Just out of interest, who was playing.

This was Udon's under 19 team, against Loei - a 2-0 win for Udon. My first effort at going (there won't be a second, at least not via Udon!). It appears the regular venue is at the Phan Don Wittaya School and on Sunday's, k.o. 1600 hrs. But best to check on Svein's www.facebook/EnglishUDFC page, as he has started to show fixtures, tables etc. Don't think it's a great venue, 'cause it's not - but a reasonable quality school pitch as they go out here and you grab a plastic chair under one of the tents provided. But it's an organised, national? league, proper officials etc. and you're certainly close to the action! Decent standard, I felt and fit, strong players.

It should be https://www.facebook.com/EnglishUDFC/

Seems like someone has had the thought to re time the traffic lights. Each flow was about twice as long as normal this evening which should help to get more traffic through the lights. On the downside it will also temp Mr Redlightjumper to take even more risks to avoid having to wait about 5 mins plus for his next green

Nigglyb wrote: ↑

September 26, 2017, 4:41 pm

It should be https://www.facebook.com/EnglishUDFC/

Thanks for correcting my error and sorry for drifting off topic. But I still have to add that I continue to be surprised with the great interest in football generally and evident in topics elsewhere in the forum, that so relatively few bother to take an interest in their local Thai team. Sorry mods!

You nailed that statt's the red light jumpers are getting worse on a daily basis and are just creating more congestion try and tell them that 555 TIT, up to me?