Proposal to waive expressway fee during Songkran holidays

[webfact]

Proposal to waive expressway fee during Songkran holidays

By THE NATION

 

 

The Ministry of Transport plans to seek Cabinet nod for waiver of toll fees at selected expressways under the Expressway Authority of Thailand (Exat) and the Department of Highway to promote domestic tourism during Songkran Festival, a source revealed.

 

The proposed waiver will be from April 10 at 0.01am to April 17 midnight.

 

Six toll booths under Exat will waive the toll fees during that period on Bang Kaew (Kanjanapisek expressway), Chimplee (Sirat-Outer Ring Road expressway), Bang Pa-in (Udon Ratthaya expressway, outbound), Dao Khanong (Chaloem Maha Nakhon expressway), Jatuchote (Chalongrat expressway) and Bang Pa-in (Udon Ratthaya expressway, inbound). Some 3.24 million vehicles are expected to use the expressways, with fee waiver totalling Bt115.8 million.

 

Two motorways under the Department of Highway will also join the campaign -- motorway No 7 (Bangkok-Chonburi) and motorway No 9 (Eastern Ring Road).

 

It is expected that during the Songkran period, some 6.3 million vehicles will use the motorways, with estimated fee waiver at Bt168.3 million.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30383913

 

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[xtof2]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

The Ministry of Transport plans to seek Cabinet nod for waiver of toll fees under the Expressway Authority of Thailand (Exat) and the Department of Highway to promote domestic tourism during Songkran Festival, a source revealed.

That's an incentive !

So impressed.

1 hour ago, webfact said:

at selected expressways

Even better !

[ThailandRyan]

Waaaiiittt, I am now extremely confused, as if I was not already on a daily basis with these government announcements.  It seems that One hand never speaks to the other and the ears are shut or they need hearing aids.......I THOUGHT SONGKRAN WAS CANCELED, and they were wanting to move it into July.  Where oh where did this new proposal come from......someones <deleted>, who has not been paying attention to whats going on.....please wake up you jamokes......

[thequietman]

Surely, it's better to encourage the population to stay put.

 

People coming from the capital will be bringing the virus back to the provinces and infecting Grandma and Grandpa.

 

Expect the rate of aged people dying to increase throughout Thailand.

 

This is a dumb move. ????

[ThailandRyan]

12 minutes ago, thequietman said:

Surely, it's better to encourage the population to stay put.

 

People coming from the capital will be bringing the virus back to the provinces and infecting Grandma and Grandpa.

 

Expect the rate of aged people dying to increase throughout Thailand.

 

This is a dumb move. ????

Its dumb because Songkran has been effectively canceled, except for who knows what

[sandrabbit]

it's not a good move, at least when the tolls are working they have to slow down at the booth gate.

[klauskunkel]

18 hours ago, webfact said:

Proposal to waive expressway fee during Songkran holidays

A quicker way to death, good idea.

[digbeth]

this always happen every year, nothing to see here... Songkran and new years always see the tolls become free, the big ones like Hwy7 would other wise be backed up at the gates with all the travellers waiting to pay, plus it saves them on the mandatory holiday overtime pay for their toll staff that they'd otherwise have to pay out.

Just because the water throwing has been cancelled doesn't mean people with scheduled paid time off won't travel home