Toll-free motorway unveiled for Songkran holidays

Motorists who ply on yet to be tolled Highway of M81 are relieved from the advance information of the Ministry of Transport that the M81 is not gonna be tolled, stated Deputy Transport Minister Surapong Piyachot yesterday. The yearly Songkran holiday break proved to be an ease and time saver as the highway that has just 97.5% completion is already seen as a revolution in travel.

He urged for its significance role of unlocking travel burden of customers which not only reside in Kanchanaburi but also in the neighboring province.

To start the program on the toll-free principle from the 11th until the 21st of April, this innovation will be a part of luring tourists into the western part of Thailand.
Whether one commences their journey in Bang Yai, Nonthaburi or Tha Muang, Kanchanaburi, the M81 Highway, that touches a distance of 96 kilometres, remains to be your road to a smooth ride when joining in the annual Thai New Year Songkran extravaganza.

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It is on this day, which will be the greatest water fight in Thailand, that we release the motorway on every weekend to open it to everyone with no restrictions from now to April 26. This will be reported by The Nation.

Expected outcomes are that traffic would decrease nearly to 28% and the commute from Bangkok to Kanchanaburi would shorten to half the regular travel.

In other news, in response to growing social media havoc over the Rama II highway’s irresolvable exasperation on construction sites, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin gave a direct order to his Transportation Minister to finish road works before the upcoming holiday for nationwide, i.e. the Songkran festival day.

This way, connecting really close Hua Hin to the capital, the route is an absolute must for those looking for a ride to the seaside resort from Bangkok.

This is when the initial Thai PM’s directive of pending good times occurred after a viral travel page post outlining how empty Hua Hin beaches are nowadays due to Bangkokians’ perfect escape from gridlocks on Rama II’s roads.

“The M81 Highway will be a reckoning possessor.”

In additional news, the toll fees along Chalong Rat and Burapha Withi expressways will start climbing from March with an sizable marginal increase. The ETA of Thailand believed in it and revealed the truth not so long ago (i.e., this month), announcing a hugely high increase in the toll fee rate.

The new charge for vehicles with four wheels navigating the Chalong Rat Expressway will be 5 baht, whereas if your vehicle has four wheels, you will be charged 5 extra baht on top of the previous toll of 45 baht plus 5 baht more besides that.

Trucks with six to ten wheels will not be spared neither, increasing their fee in 6.5 times and those with more than ten wheels 0.9 times higher than before, after fee increases.