Bridge plan threatens city’s famous market in Bangkok

artist impression of the bridge.

BANGKOK: Vendors in Bangkok’s wholesale Sampheng market have joined forces to oppose plans to construct a bridge near their area.

“We will officially submit a letter of protest to the Bangkok Metro-politan Administration (BMA),” Amornrat Kriangka-chaorn said yesterday as coordinator of vendors in Sampheng and Tha Din Daeng.