BANGKOK (NNT) - The Department of Highways (DOH) has announced a 20-year plan to expand the kingdom’s interprovincial network, which will include the construction of new motorways across Thailand. The plan aims to establish a modern and efficient transportation network, facilitating regional connectivity and economic growth.

 

DoH Deputy Director-General Piyapong Jiwattanakulpaisarn announced the department’s long-term plan during a press conference held at Bangkok’s Eastin Grand Hotel on Monday (24 July). He said the DOH contracted companies to conduct a feasibility study for its updates to the Motorway-Rail Map (MR Map) project. The study, which aims to explore possibilities for developments for future highways and transportation, is expected to be presented to the Ministry of Transport for consideration by the end of this year.

 

The latest revisions to the MR Map, initially proposed in 1997 and last updated in 2016, strive to transform Thailand into a regional transportation and logistics hub.

 

According to the study’s recommendations, the first phase of the upgrades will span the initial five years of the 20-year plan. This phase includes nine projects totaling 457 billion baht, resulting in the construction of 331 kilometers of new highways by the government. The estimated cost for projects in the first phase of the master plan is 413.2 billion baht, with those in the latter phase valued at 775.9 billion baht.

 

Supervision of the MR Map projects will be carried out by various agencies under the Ministry of Transport, including the Expressway Authority of Thailand (EXAT), the State Railway of Thailand (SRT), and the DOH.

 

By Paul Rujopakarn

 

Source: https://thainews.prd.go.th/en/news/detail/TCATG230726151417986

 

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Looking forward to see their plan. Wonder if red lights are still included on the highways. And the U-turns... And the "whah, just take the highway the wrong way, the next u-turn is so far".

 

Would love to have highways where you drive at 120 safely and cruse from CM to BKK, a trip that I regularly do. Oh, I must be dreaming... Wake up, the light is red !

10 hours ago, happysoul said:

Wonder if red lights are still included on the highways

Red lights are modern state of the art technology in Thailand. 

12 hours ago, happysoul said:

Looking forward to see their plan. Wonder if red lights are still included on the highways. And the U-turns... And the "whah, just take the highway the wrong way, the next u-turn is so far".

 

Would love to have highways where you drive at 120 safely and cruse from CM to BKK, a trip that I regularly do. Oh, I must be dreaming... Wake up, the light is red !

They should use Malaysia's north south freeway as a reference design where you can do exactly that. No red lights, u-turns or service roads. 

Just now, damian said:

They should use Malaysia's north south freeway as a reference design where you can do exactly that. No red lights, u-turns or service roads. 

Here on dual carriageways they often make their own U-Turns, frequently some barrier in the middle is just demolished or removed. 

1 hour ago, Venom said:

Red lights are modern state of the art technology in Thailand. 

Totally ignored by the 18+ wheelers once the sun has gone down and the roads are pretty barren.

Hit the hazard lights and barrel on.

This is MY Soi.????????

They can build the other two Sukhumvit underpasses that were planned for Pattaya and not yet built.