Making use of an aborted Lavalin Skytrain span – the centre lane of Phra Pok Klao Bridge, which sits alongside Memorial Bridge (Saphan Phut) – the Skypark is due for completion in March next year. The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has allocated Bt122 million to build the walkway and viewpoint on the abandoned rail line known locally as Saphan Duan, meaning the “amputated bridge”. “It will link Thon Buri and Phra Nakhon districts,” Assistant Professor Niramon Kulsrisombat, director of the Urban Development and Development Centre (UDDC) told The Nation Weekend. Niramon said Bangkok has many other disused or underused areas that can be turned into green spaces and recreation areas. In the Sathorn area, her team will turn a 3.5-kilometre stretch of Sathorn Klong from Taksin Bridge to Wireless Road into another elaborate park.

Source: The Nation Bangkok May 24, 2019 18:00 UTC