Cabinet approves construction of three motorways

[Thaivisa News]

Bangkok:- In about three years, tourists will find it much faster to drive to their destinations in the North and Northeast as the Cabinet has approved a motorway that will be an important alternative route to the regions.

Deputy Government Spokesman Maj Gen Sansern Kaewkamnerd said the Cabinet approved the construction of the 196-kilometer-long Bang Pa-in-Saraburi-Nakhon Ratchasima motorway during the weekly Cabinet meeting on Tuesday.

It was approved along with two other motorways – Bang Yai-Ban Pong-Kanchanauri motorway, which will be 96 kilometers long, and 32-km-long Pattaya Map Ta Phut motorway, Sansern said.

He said the Cabinet gave the green light for the construction because the three motorways can greatly reduce outbound traffic congestions during long public holidays.

In particular, the Bang Pa-in-Saraburi-Nakhon Ratchasima motorway will help reduce traffic congestion on the Mittraparp Road during weekends and long public holidays.

The Mittraparp Road is notorious for traffic congestion especially at the uphill road in Tambon Tabkwang in Saraburi’s Kaeng Khoi district. During long public holidays, the spot often became a bottleneck, causing traffic to accumulate for over 30 kilometers long.

“Since the Bang Pa-in-Saraburi-Nakhon Ratchasima motorway will run parallel to the Mittraparp Road to the Northeast, which is always congested, the new motorway will help motorists save time and it will reduce the congestion on the road greatly,” Sansern said.

He said the construction will take about three years to be completed.

Earlier, the Highway Department said the land expropriation of the Pattaya-Map Ta Phut route will begin this year and the construction will be done in 2018.

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Okay, so where are all the "Nay Sayers?"

Bet this wouldn't have happened under the old regime? the money would have had to go into the pockets of too many stooges and there wouldn't be any left for construction.