Dept of Highways finalizes 20-year freeway development proposal

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Dept of Highways finalizes 20-year freeway development proposal

BANGKOK, 23 November 2015 (NNT) - The Department of Highways has announced that it will finish its freeway development proposal next month.

Department Deputy Director-General Anon Luangboriboon presided over a seminar to gather input on the proposal. The project would develop a total of 21 major freeways over 20 years, from 2017-2036. They would have a combined length of 6,612 km, connecting all regions in the Kingdom.

The proposal will be finalized in December, after which the department will seek Cabinet approval.

Mr. Anon admitted that road infrastructure developments have been met with delays in the past. He blamed these delays on budget restrictions and difficulties related to land expropriation.

However, he claims this project will be carried out swiftly, due to government efforts to streamline bureaucracy.

The project would begin with three highways, from Bang Pa-in, Ayutthaya to Nakhon Ratchasima; Bang Yai, Nonthaburi to Kanchanaburi; and Patthaya, Chonburi to Map Ta Phut, Rayong.


-- NNT 2015-11-23

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Mr. Anon admitted that road infrastructure developments have been met with delays in the past. He blamed these delays on budget restrictions and difficulties related to land expropriation.

More likely putting out contracts for bid for the highest kickbacks.

[kannot]

Cant even keep the sh1tty roads near me repaired from the crap quality they used when constructing them , I watched them literally spray the tarmac on it was that thin and as for sub base.............laughable

PATHETIC

[nong38]

It sounds a good plan, but standards need to improve dramatically or the country will grind to a halt under all the "road works".

[taff33]

Cant even keep the sh1tty roads near me repaired from the crap quality they used when constructing them , I watched them literally spray the tarmac on it was that thin and as for sub base.............laughable

PATHETIC

. The thing is that they make more money by doing repairs than they do by doing a good job in the first place.

[Reigntax]

Mr. Anon admitted that road infrastructure developments have been met with delays in the past. He blamed these delays on budget restrictions and difficulties related to land expropriation.

More likely putting out contracts for bid for the highest kickbacks.

Or due to announcements of 20 year plans with no idea how or intention to fund them.

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Bt2.1-trillion motorway plans likely to have multiplier effect on economy
SASITHORN ONGDEE
THE NATION

BANGKOK: -- THE Department of Highways yesterday revealed its new Bt2.1-trillion 20-year plan to develop the motorway network, expecting these investments to have a multiplier effect by more than two times worth Bt5.7 trillion for the economy.

"The plan is aimed at serving higher demand for travel and logistics transport, especially for tourist destinations and cross-border areas," said Anon Luangboriboon, deputy director-general of the Highways Department.

At the third public hearing held by the Highways Department of the Transport Ministry in Bangkok yesterday, TLT Consultants Co, the project manager of a study, briefed some 200 representatives of the state and private sectors on the latest motorway-network planning.

The development plan for 2016-36 will cover 21 routes with a combined length of 6,612 kilometres. It will be in line with the country's 11th National Economic and Social Development Plan (2012-16).

The Public Private Partnership (PPP) gross cost scheme will be used as the investment model - a model in which the state will bear the risks instead of private investors. Infrastructure funds will be a source of money apart from the fiscal budget, said Vasu Chaisuk, traffic and transport engineer of TEAM Consulting Engineering and Management Co.

"In 20 years so far, we have developed only 200km of motorways. By using the PPP scheme, we can develop 300km of motorways a year, compared with 20-30km a year currently using only the fiscal budget," Vasu said.

As for engineering, he said the motorways would be designed in the context of Asean connectivity and compatibility with the planned railway network apart from easing traffic congestion and urbanisation like the existing plan established in 1997 with the target of expanding the motorway network to 4,000km.

Of the planned 21 routes, there will be three main components consisting of four routes in the Northeast, 15 in the Central, Western and Eastern regions, and three routes in the South.

Vasu said priority routes would be the outer ring roads of Bangkok and its vicinity, and a spine network to link Bangkok with Chiang Mai in the North, Nong Khai in the Northeast, and Chumphon in the South, totalling 3,100km, during the first phase in the first 10 years. The rest will be developed during the second phase in the next 10 years.

Among the 15 routes in the Central, Western and Eastern regions are: Bang Pa-in-Chiang Rai; Bang Pa-in-Nong Khai; Nakhon Pathom-Narathiwat; Bangkok-Ban Chang; Suphan Buri-Chai Nat; Laem Chabang-Nakhon Ratchasima; Bang Yai-Kanchanaburi; and Chon Buri-Nakhon Pathom.

Anon said construction on three projects - the 196km Bang Pa-in-Nakhon Ratchasima, the 96km Bang Yai-Kanchanaburi, and the 32km Pattaya-Map Ta Phut routes - could begin shortly after the Cabinet's recent approval.

Total investments are expected to be Bt160.42 billion."Construction will start next year and be completed in 2019," Anon said.

As for the new motorway development plan, Kaiwut Simtarakaew, deputy managing director of TLT Consultants Co, said the company was scheduled to submit a final draft plan to the Highways Department for consideration in January ahead of seeking further approvals from the Transport Ministry and the Cabinet.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/business/Bt2-1-trillion-motorway-plans-likely-to-have-multi-30273590.html


-- The Nation 2015-11-24

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Mr. Anon admitted that road infrastructure developments have been met with delays in the past. He blamed these delays on budget restrictions and difficulties related to land expropriation.

More likely putting out contracts for bid for the highest kickbacks.

Or due to announcements of 20 year plans with no idea how or intention to fund them.

It is only a proposal I agree the funding will make the brains tic faster with the advent of the train system they will be broke for decades as they have no idea how much a 300 kilometer hr ( Last dream they had ) train track costs and its up keep

[Langsuan Man]

Nothing is more un-final than a finalized plan here in Thailand

[elgordo38]

Here comes a monorail system for Chiang Mai well maybe not. If they do all this to bring in more tourists they should consider layering Phuket and Pattaya making them elevated destinations. The bus driver could then say do you want Phuket number 1 or number 2. Sky cities of the future.

[kannot]

Cant even keep the sh1tty roads near me repaired from the crap quality they used when constructing them , I watched them literally spray the tarmac on it was that thin and as for sub base.............laughable

PATHETIC

. The thing is that they make more money by doing repairs than they do by doing a good job in the first place.

I seriously doubt they could do a "good job" in the first place

[kannot]

"The Public Private Partnership (PPP) gross cost scheme will be used as the investment model - a model in which the state will bear the risks instead of private investors."

KERCHING!!!! for the "private corruptors investors"

[Srikcir]

Why stop at a 20-year plan, why not a 50-year plan, add a couple of space port launch sites and new harbors. For a government that allows no public representation, it seems to revel in expensive, long-term projects at taxpayer expense while professing its goal to have an elected government in 2017.

One would think the junta believes it is unaccountable for its use of the Thai treasury.

[rubl]

Why stop at a 20-year plan, why not a 50-year plan, add a couple of space port launch sites and new harbors. For a government that allows no public representation, it seems to revel in expensive, long-term projects at taxpayer expense while professing its goal to have an elected government in 2017.

One would think the junta believes it is unaccountable for its use of the Thai treasury.

Absolutely!

Mind you, you seem to suggest the current government do nothing. That can't be right either.

So, a 20-year plan with a provisional costs estimation, with work to start on those roads we already wanted and a yearly inclusion in the Transport Ministries budget within the National Budget. Seems about right.

Of course, the 20-year plan may end with a paragraph on possible extensions, the need to review and adjust what are currently only plans based on expectation, vague data. The plan should allow for reviews every year to make minor adjustments based on new data. And who knows, maybe in 30 years time a need for a spaceport arises.

[puukao]

I was there 20-years ago when they said, "1-year highway plan begins!!"