Tanker trucks banned from city

Thu, 04 Aug 1994, 00:00 WIB | Source: AFP

BANGKOK (AFP): The Thai government is barring the streets of
Bangkok to all tanker trucks carrying oil and gasoline, in a bid
to ease the capital's chronic traffic congestion.

Also, Thai Airways International (THAI), the national flag
carrier, announced yesterday it would stop receiving jet fuel
from trucks on Aug. 12 -- the day the ban on gasoline tankers
takes effect -- and would obtain fuel through a recently-
constructed pipeline instead.

THAI said the switch would eliminate up to 500 round trips
each day by tankers on the heavily-traveled highway to Don Muang
Airport.

The ban on trucks carrying various grades of gasoline is round
the clock. But the ban on trucks carrying benzine and diesel fuel
begins Sept. 1 and will keep these vehicles off Bangkok's streets
only from 5:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m.

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