Phanoen Thung road work.. :(

What a pity. I suppose the 4WDers will be replaced by the Mercedes owners.

Will be quite a hit for the financial situation of the local drivers. First a year without any income (I guess it is not a full time job for them, but a few thousand extra baht every month is for most locals a very important addition). And when the road is finished, who will rent their trucks when people can just drive their own car to the top easily? I am sure they are not happy with this move, and if they are, I think they will find out soon enough that it is certainly not in their advantage.

Also for the birding and wildlife tours on offer it means the coming year of construction is blocking an important part of the park if indeed the road will stay closed until finished.

Surely driving speed will go up like Bootly mentioned. Just like it has on the new road to Ban Krang.
Knowing road construction workers, I fear for the forest near the road. How much debris they will throw down the valley? Let's hope they are not making the road any wider than it is.
Road work in Khao Yai ruined a pond on the Khao Khieo mountain. Let's pray they will not do the same to the pond at km27.5 in KK. But I fear for the worst.

But it's all no surprise of course. I am actually surprised it still took so long before they decided to do something, ;-)

The only positive thing is that in the future we can keep our eyes more on the forest when driving, and not have to worry about the next pothole, haha. Though not sure how many wet seasons the concrete will last before it starts to heavily degrade and create a most likely even worse situation than the current road.

Kaeng Krachan - the new Khao Yai!