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The project to develop Bangkok's Yaowarat area is more than halfway complete and the "red route" tram service should be running by the end of this month, a senior official said Thursday.

Samphanthawong district office director Prasert Inthusoma said that of the project's nine tasks, the renovation of the Chinese arch to mark HM the King's birthday should be finished by March 16, cars had been banned on the arch roundabout from yesterday; and the tram service to transport tourists from Hualumpong subway station to Yaowarat was scheduled to start running in the next few weeks.

The Nation