Bangkok: , The atmosphere for outbound travel during the Songkran Festival 2024 is crowded with traffic today in the morning. Mittraphap Road is congested. Special lanes opened from midnight last night. The Department of Highways estimates that more than 7 million people will travel on the highway during the festival. Mr. Sarawut Songsiwilai, Director-General of the Department of Highways, revealed that the Department of Highways has forecast traffic volumes on main highways and motorways during the Songkran Festival 2024, set for 11-17 April 2024, for a total of 7 days, totaling 6,985,530 vehicles, divided into inbound sides. 3,543,452 vehicles, with the Department of Highways expecting the highest number of people to return to their hometowns on 12 April 2024, traffic volume of more than 663,152 vehicles, and it is expected that the highest number of people traveling to Bangkok will be on 17 April 2024, traffic volume of more than 599,058 cars Requesting cooperation from road users to drive with caution. Follow traffic rules You can ask for additional travel information or report an emergency while traveling. You can contact the Department of Highways hotline 1586 (free call for all networks 24 hours a day). last morning Starting from Saraburi Province Cars slow down while going up Mittraphap Bridge because it is a bottleneck, alternating to a standstill, including Phahon Yothin Road. The car still runs smoothly. At the same time there were police officers. Muang Saraburi Police Station along with highway police officers A special channel has been opened under the Friendship Level Bridge. To help ventilate cars going up the level bridge. No need to get stuck on the bridge. And it is to facilitate traffic for people who use their cars to travel home heading towards the Isan Gate. with police officers Participate in facilitating traffic. Enter Mittraphap Road at km 17, Noen Thap Kwang, Thap Kwang Subdistrict, Kaeng Khoi District, Highway Police officers and Kaeng Khoi police officers from the Saraburi Highway District have opened special traffic lanes. From midnight last night until today's time. Because there are a lot of cars and accumulate until reaching km. 47, Klang Dong Subdistrict, Pak Chong District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province Because Sub Bon Hill, Big Buddha, Thap Kwang Subdistrict, Kaeng Khoi District, is a hill. Vehicles are full in every lane. Can reach a speed of approximately 20 kilometers per hour. In addition, the car slows down due to uphill Until entering Muak Lek District and Klang Dong Subdistrict, Pak Chong District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, while going up the Klang Dong hill. The car slowed down because it was a hill. which is a joint Muak Lek District and Klang Dong Subdistrict, Pak Chong District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province As for bus services, Mr. Atthawit Rakjamroon, Acting President of Transport Company Limited or Bus Company, said that yesterday there were people traveling. A total of 147,871 people made round-trip trips, using 3,475 buses by facilitating people traveling from Bangk ok Apiwat Station. and the Bangkok Bus Terminal (Chatuchak) or Mo Chit 2 are in order. There are no passengers left behind. Today's travel section It is expected that more than 80,000 people will return to their hometowns. Buses have been arranged to accommodate more than 4,000 trips, as well as coordinating with operators to bring 30 extra buses to run to meet the needs of the people. Source: Thai News Agency