Phuket airport pier not yet approved, new ferry routes pending private-sector support

Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

The plan as presented in the Marine Department’s feasibility study. Image: Marine Department

 

PHUKET: The project to build a pier near Phuket International Airport as a base point for a ferry service has not yet been approved, Phuket Marine Office Chief Surat Sirisaiyat confirmed to The Phuket News today (Mar 30).

 

The confirmation follows reports in the media yesterday that construction of the pier had been approved.

 

“The Phuket Airport Pier has not been approved yet. The concept is still being researched and senior officials at the Marine Department head office in Bangkok are considering what is possible,” Mr Surat told The Phuket News this morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-airport-pier-not-yet-approved-new-ferry-routes-pending-private-sector-support-66576.php

 

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Heres me assuming that they will build it on the East , or 'Lee'  side of the island. 

Anyone who has seen the swell size and power hitting West Coast beaches in the Low Season would be extremely skeptical of this plan. A large breakwall , maybe , but not a pier...