The opposition Move Forward Party has officially asked the Office of the Attorney-General (OAG) to screen the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) investment contract for the Orange Line train project, before the document is submitted to the cabinet for approval.

 

Move Forward MP Surachet Pravinvongvuth said today (Friday) that, if the OAG allows the contract to go through too easily, the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRT), the project’s owner, may expedite its process to the cabinet for final approval. That could mean that the state would have to spend as much as 68 billion baht to co-invest in the mega-infrastructure project.

 

He pointed to several suspected irregularities in the project, such as the abrupt change of the terms of reference, after the bidding was called, and the cancellation of the first round of bidding, which was eventually ruled illegal by the Central Administrative Court.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/attorney-general-asked-to-examine-bangkoks-orange-line-train-project-contract/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-11-04

 

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Somebody’s giving a lot of money corruption everywhere TIT

Going to assume the designer of this was sat on a hard wooden chair looking at a radiator grill at a train station

"The eastern route of the Orange Line runs from the National Cultural Centre to Min Buri, covering a distance of 22.57 km with 17 stations, 10 of which are underground. It is expected to be operational in the next three years."

 

The report fails to mention that construction is actually nearly completed, and the only reason it will take three more years to "be operational" is that this constant bickering over the spoils has pushed the project wildly behind schedule.