Yaowarat Road in Bangkok's Chinatown will get a new look early next year, deputy Bangkok governor Sakoltee Phattiyakul said on Monday.
"The food carts will be more ordered, their appearance will be harmonised and the operations will be more environmentally friendly," Mr Sakoltee told food vendors and local officials who attended a meeting on the street's planned revitalisation.
The meeting, held in Samphanthawong district, was intended to inform business operators and local residents of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration's plan to give the tourist destination a makeover.
The BMA often clashed with vendors in their crackdown on unregulated street food carts, and in most cases the conflict resulted in closures and relocation of the vendors to BMA-approved locations.
City Hall will allow food vendors on pavements along these two roads, if they follow sanitary and environmental rules.
