Call for extra B2bn for Phuket light rail project blurs budget figures

By The Phuket News

 

The budget for the Phuket Light Rail project has jumped again, this time by B2 billlion, but how much the total budget is now required is a mystery. Image: MRTA

 

PHUKET: Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) Governor Pakapong Sirikantaramas yesterday (May 30) revealed that the Phuket light-rail project needed an extra B2 billion to be brought to completion.

 

The news has now blurred how much money the government intends to throw at the long-awaited project.

 

MRTA Governor Pakapong also reportedly confirmed that construction of the project would begin next year and that services will begin in 2024 as planned.

Read more at https://www.thephuketnews.com/call-for-extra-b2bn-for-phuket-light-rail-project-blurs-budget-figures-71611.php#lWeoY71P6PjitqRE.99 

 

 

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5 hours ago, webfact said:

...that the Phuket light-rail project needed an extra B2 billion to be brought to completion.

what much was the initial cost then? it's hard to believe experts made such a bad calculation when studying the project

 

8 hours ago, Matzzon said:

Yes, everything is a mystery. Good explaination.

So, now we take for granted that the people caclulating on this project, mede a huge miscalculation of a minor amount of 2bn baht.

There is absolutely nobody that accidentally have been pocketing a large amount of money on the way.
 

Let´s say there is two options. Fire the people in charge of the cost for the project or find the perp.

Same same

The brown envelope brigade strikes again.

More snouts wanting to get in on the trough, more funding is needed so each envelope doesn't get lighter for those who already are in.