Thai Cabinet gives nod to 36 infrastructure projects

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Cabinet gives nod to 36 infrastructure projects

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The cabinet on Tuesday gave a greenlight to the Transport Ministry’s 36 infrastructure development projects worth an estimated 895.7 billion baht.

 

The projects include the followings: ten routes of dual-track train with investment cost estimated at about 408.6 billion baht; two suburban train routes worth about 26.6 billion baht; six extension routes of the electric train project worth an estimated 221.1 billion baht; five routes of special inter-provincial highways and special ways with total investments worth 167.2 billion baht.

 

Biddings for at least 15 of the 36 projects worth about 468 billion baht are expected to be staged next year.

 

Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisit said that the projects designated to be implemented next year were estimated to be worth about 149 billion baht, accounting for one percent of the GDP worth a total of 14 trillion baht.

 

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