Planned Phuket ’airport expressway’ to cost B1.39bn per kilometre

[snoop1130]

Planned Phuket ’airport expressway’ to cost B1.39bn per kilometre

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Attendees of the meeting to discuss Phuket’s transport and infrastructure projects at Phuket Provincial Hall yesterday (Mar 4). Photo: PR Dept

 

PHUKET:-- New budget figures for the proposed expressway linking Sakoo to Koh Kaew have been set at B30 billion, equating to roughly B1.4bn per kilometre for the 22.4km route – a staggering increase on the purported figures from June 2017, which estimated the project costs at approximately B5.5bn.

 

When asked for a justification and breakdown on the increased costs, Phuket Chamber of Commerce (PCC) President Thanusak Phungdet confirmed to The Phuket News today (Mar 5) that B12bn is to be allocated for the actual construction costs and the remaining B18bn to be used to acquire the land for the project to be built.

 

The long-slated expressway was the topic of conversation at a meeting held yesterday at Phuket Provincial Hall between President Thanusak, Phuket Vice Governor Wongsakorn Nunchukan and Gen Yodyuth Boonyathikarn, Chairman of the Senate Standing Committee of Transportation.

 

Full Story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/planned-phuket-airport-expressway-to-cost-b1-39bn-per-kilometre-75141.php

 

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[kotsak]

wow.. that's a huge cost.. And of course 70% of that will end up in the pockets of the usual bar stuards. And in less than 5 years the quality will be evident.

[Soupdragon]

So I am guessing that the people owning the land will be asking prime beachfront real estate prices for cheap farm land and the Government will happily pay (for a percentage).

[jaiyen]

Won't need it now. Nobody is going to Phuket for holidays.  

[PatOngo]

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

New budget figures for the proposed expressway linking Sakoo to Koh Kaew have been set at B30 billion,  

Where the streets are paved with gold!...………..for some!

[paddypower]

That cost estimate much have come from Phuket's favourite road builder - the company owned by the black panther soup fan. Endangered species hunters have expensive tastes to pay for. ????

Edited March 6, 2020 by paddypower

[Old Croc]

I wonder how many of the players have purchased land on the route in anticipation of the big buy out.

 

Presuming an expressway would need to purchase land about 100 meters wide that means a kilometer would be about 62.5 rai.  At 1.39 billion per kilometer that would be above 22 million per rai, for farmland!

 

(I'm fully prepared for my presumptions to be debunked by expressway and math experts)

 

[Old Croc]

59 minutes ago, jaiyen said:

Won't need it now. Nobody is going to Phuket for holidays.  

Several million more tourists still go to Phuket than your city of Perth.

 

For someone who has said they're finished with Thailand, why still post rubbish on the forum?

[Valentine]

I wonder how many years this will drag out

[justin case]

from 5 to 30 billion, wow

 

and still, the price will be 2000+ baht for the airport ride one way

Edited March 6, 2020 by justin case

[Prairieboy]

For that price one could tunnel through the Canadian Rocky Mountains.  A 14.65 km (9.1 miles) railway tunnel and associated works cost about CA$55 million per km (1989).  This project comes in at just under CA$59 million per km

[Psimbo]

IIRC Mr Rolly Tasker donated land at one point along the route to provide a bit of impetus. The project quietly faded away and it seems this is likely due to 'influential people' buying up the land along the route. To go from 5 to 30 just has the stink of corruption all over it but as long as everyone gets their cut no one cares. Such a blatant increase is just extracting the urine though.

 

Anywhere else in the world this massive increase (especially as its's Gov't money)  would be audited but TiT. As a comparison I am not sure how much the motorway from Rayong to Pattaya is costing but I bet its nowhere near this sum.

Edited March 6, 2020 by Psimbo

[the guest]

On 3/6/2020 at 1:33 AM, jaiyen said:

Won't need it now. Nobody is going to Phuket for holidays.  

 

Good point !