Laem Chabang Port Expansion Delayed

Laem Chabang port expansion delayed

LAEM CHABANG:--Laem Chabang Port officials have temporarily suspended a 120 billion baht expansion plan after angry neighbors threatened to shut down the harbor.

Somnuk Jongmeewasin, a representative for residents from four Chonburi districts opposed to the project to add a third pier and new rail lines into Thailand’s main seaport, said June 28 that any plans to begin construction have been put on hold until unresolved issues surrounding the port’s earlier two phases of expansion are resolved

More than 300 Laem Chabang, Banglamung, Takientia and Naklua residents marched from Prachum Khongkha to the port June 22 to give their protest demand to port Director Chalermkiat Salukkum. The protestors - led by Somnuk, Rongpoh Market vendor Raeway Shinawatra (no relation to Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra), Sangsan Somboon, Rachanee Maalieng, Pojnarod Kaewphluk, and Chokkhana Upathum - demanded the expansion be halted within a week.

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-- Pattaya Mail 2012-07-06