Govt lays out Bt1.3 trillion national transport plan

By The Nation

 

 

A whopping Bt1.3 trillion will be spent to build at least 10 transport megaprojects under public-private partnerships, the Transport Ministry announced on Friday (June 26).

 

 

The massive budget will be spent on four metropolitan rapid transit routes, valued at Bt259.21 billion, and motorway projects valued at Bt229 billion.

 

It also covers Eastern Economic Corridor projects such as the U-Tapao Eastern Airport City (Bt290 billion), Laem Chabang Port (Bt30 billion), Map Ta Phut Industrial Port (Bt47 billion) and U-Tapao-Rayong high-speed trains (Bt35 billion).

 

Among other projects under the budget are new interprovincial railways.

 

These include routes between Bangkok and Nakhon Ratchasima (Bt229 billion), Khon Kaen and Nong Khai (Bt26 billion), Jira and Ubon Ratchathani (Bt36 billion), Pak Nam Pho and Den Chai (Bt56 billion), and Chumphon and Surat Thani (Bt23 billion).

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30390366

 

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If potential kickbacks were only 10% they would still amount to 130 Billion. Hmmm

And how many of these projects will the Bhumjumthai run transport ministry give to Sino Thai construction company, owned by the head of the Bhumjumthai Party?

59 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

A whopping Bt1.3 trillion will be spent to build at least 10 transport megaprojects under public-private partnerships, the Transport Ministry announced on Friday

It's the word 'whopping' that make me think it's just a fantasy headline that probably won't meet expectations.

I headline I'd expect to see in the UK Sun newspaper - coincidentally also know as the 'Wapping Lie'.

Another Trillion or two borrowed from Big Brother then to be largely ditributed to the already fat and rich whilst the Taxpayer picks up the bill over the next 100 years !

Haven't we read this news every year for the past 10 years? They're still running trains that would have looked out of place on British Railways 50 years ago.  

11 hours ago, smutcakes said:

And how many of these projects will the Bhumjumthai run transport ministry give to Sino Thai construction company, owned by the head of the Bhumjumthai Party?

On paper, HEALTH and Safety at the construction sites should be first class - ???????