Bangla Road is getting a brighter front door just in time for high season. Two big new LED screens now stand at each end of Patong's famous walking street, and the interesting part is who paid for them — not the town.
Patong Municipality has completed the installation of two upgraded full-colour LED screens on Bangla Road — one at the beach-road entrance on Thaweewong Road, and one at the far end by Rat U-Thit 200 Pi Road. A private company, Phuket LED Design, put in more than 30.7 million baht to build them, under a nine-year arrangement where the company leases the municipal land for 25,000 baht a month and also covers electricity, maintenance and inspections every four months.
The old screens had been up for about 12 years and had suffered in the salty air close to the sea. The replacements are described by the council as more attractive, stronger and safer, and they keep the dolphin symbol that marked the original signs. In return for the space, the municipality gets 15 minutes of screen time every hour for its own announcements, events and public information for residents and visitors.
Mayor Lalita Maneesri and officials inspected the finished work on November 4. For visitors, the practical takeaway is simple: the street's two gateways should now be easier to read for official notices — and a lot brighter in your night photos.
Full story: The Phuket News — New Patong sign lights up Bangla
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