UPDATE: Cars to be allowed to pass on damaged Patong Hill in both lanes

Patong –

Cars will be allowed to pass on the partially collapsed Patong Hill Road on both lanes.

Our previous stories:

A road leading to the Patong Hill in Phuket has started to collapse after a landslide.

A road leading to the Patong Hill from Kathu in Phuket is now being temporarily closed after it has started to collapse from a landslide

Motorbikes are now allowed to pass on the partially collapsed Patong Hill Road from Kathu to Patong and from Patong to Kathu.

Cars are now allowed to pass on the partially collapsed Patong Hill Road but only in the Patong to Kathu lane.

Now for the update:

The Patong Municipality told the Phuket Express this morning (November 10^th) that the Phuket Governor Naroong Woonciew has ordered to allow sedans, pickup trucks and minivans (small vehicles) to use the damaged Patong Hill on both lanes from Kathu to Patong by 4:00 P.M. onward today (November 10^th).

The hill road had been closed for weeks after a landslide following major storms had damaged the road significantly.