Skytrain to run to Sukhumvit 107

BANGKOK: -- Bangkok officials will sign a contract today to extend the Skytrain from On Nut to Sukhumvit 107.

City clerk Khunying Nathanon Thavisin said yesterday she would sign a Bt3.87-billion contract, on behalf of the Bangkok Metropol-itan Administration, with Italian-Thai Development Plc to build the civil works - stations and tracks - for the 5.25-kilometre extension.

The project's total cost exceeds Bt8 billion: Bt3.873 billion for civil engineering, Bt4.65 billion for signalling and operation systems, Bt245 million for consultants, and Bt10 million for public relations.

The extension will have stations at Sukhumvit 83, Sukhumvit 97/1, Sukhumvit 101/1, Sukhumvit 101/2 and Sukhumvit 107 (Soi Baring).

The Bangkok Council has only approved a Bt719.2 million budget for the project so far.

But BMA Traffic and Transport Department director Apirat Siwa-pornpitak said Ital-Thai would start the first phase next month, moving infrastructure such as electric and telephone wires and water pipes to make way for the construction of station bases and tracks.

The extension is due to be finished in three years, he said.

The contract-signing will be held at City Hall.

--The Nation 2006-07-19

Finally we , from Bang Na , have something to cheer about.

Yeah, 3 years of more rot dit!!!!

Apparently the contract signing ceremony has been postponed to a more auspicious time and date.

Soi 107.. suppose its better than nothing,but why not just a little bit further..eh... after all it is a straight run and not too far to Samut Prakan.

From there it could easily interface/link up with the BIG Brand new connection on the again BIG brand new Outer Ring Road (ling Load)and from there swing round to the new Airport,back to Hua Hin/C.A or south to "Patti sur La Mer".......wot would you have?...ZAP... An "Integrated Transported System"...

Construction of a BTS extension route will begin in August

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has signed an agreement with Italian-Thai Development Co. for the construction of a 5.25-km extension of the Bangkok Mass Transit (BTS) system.

The extension route begins from soi Sukhumvit 85 to soi Sukhumvit 107 and has four stations at soi Sukhumvit 97/1, 62, 103 and near the Meteorological Department.

Construction, costing about four billion baht, will begin in August and will take 30 months to complete. The extension will be partially opened in 2008.

Source: Thai National News Bureau Public Relations Department - 21 July 2006

Skytrain to run to Sukhumvit 107

BANGKOK: -- Bangkok officials will sign a contract today to extend the Skytrain from On Nut to Sukhumvit 107.

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The project's total cost exceeds Bt8 billion: Bt3.873 billion for civil engineering, Bt4.65 billion for signalling and operation systems, Bt245 million for consultants, and Bt10 million for public relations.

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--The Nation 2006-07-19

It is good to see the international engineers consultants are well catered for. 24x the PR budget.