webfact Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 Image: Expressway Authority of Thailand / file By The Phuket News PHUKET: Construction of the long-awaited Patong Tunnel project, spanning 3.98km from Kathu to Patong at a cost of B14.47 billion, is now expected to begin in 2023 and open for service in 2027, Expressway Authority of Thailand (EXAT) Deputy Governor Gardphajon Udomdhammabhakdi has revealed. Mr Gardphajon was in Phuket in person yesterday (June 24) to be updated on progress on several transit megaprojects on the island, including the Patong Tunnel. At a meeting of the Sub-Committee on Land Traffic Management of Phuket at Phuket Provincial Hall chaired by Phuket Vice Governor Vikrom Jakthee, Mr Gardphajon explained that the Public-Private Partnership Policy Committee had agreed in principle with the project. Source: https://www.thephuketnews.com/patong-tunnel-at-3-98km-long-to-cost-b14-4bn-work-slated-to-start-in-2023-80465.php -- © Copyright Phuket News 2021-06-26 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post nkg Posted June 25, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 25, 2021 Who needs a tunnel to get over Patong Hill? 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sammieuk1 Posted June 25, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 25, 2021 Should be completed same time as the sandbox reopening then ???? 1 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harada Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 Perhaps they could incorporate a train track to connect to the bullet train, Nong Kai - Patong express. ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agusts Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 I quite like the roller coaster ride over the hill on my bike....????, I hope they don't close it after this tunnel...., imagine 4km under the ground in this heat...., and a breakdown....! ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dellboy218 Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 39 minutes ago, Agusts said: I quite like the roller coaster ride over the hill on my bike....????, I hope they don't close it after this tunnel...., imagine 4km under the ground in this heat...., and a breakdown....! ???? And an accident! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boedog Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 The Thai people are on there knees due to the devastating economic effects of Covid with no sign of recovery in the foreseeable future and the Government keep finding ways to misappropriate funds which could surely be better spent to benefit the people and do at a later date. Amazing Thailand 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agusts Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 Well, USA has just approved trillions of dollars on infrastructure projects, to improve things there, and to stimulate their economy in the process, but it's a bit different there...., here it will be companies owned by a few rich guys , hiring cheap foreign labour to build such projects, so not as much help for local economy, but they still need to eat and some other logistical requirements that could benefit local economy.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xcell Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 (edited) 8 hours ago, nkg said: Who needs a tunnel to get over Patong Hill? I guess about 12 Mio tourists who invade Phuket every year ...;-) Edited June 26, 2021 by xcell orthographic error Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nauseus Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 Why not buy some f****** vaccines first? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overt2016 Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 The Deputy Governer's name is almost as log as the tunnel. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DLock Posted June 26, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 26, 2021 Where will the tunnel exit in Patong? Patong just doesn't have the exit roads to handle large flows of traffic, so the tunnel may speed up that 3.98km, and then you sit in tailbacks waiting for it to clear into the 1-lane streets. Does Phuket really require this kind of infrastructure? 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinca tinca Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 On 6/26/2021 at 4:11 AM, nkg said: Who needs a tunnel to get over Patong Hill? if it is a tunnel then one GOES UNDER/THRU IT, not over IT !!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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