Govt needs B661bn in assets
PUBLISHED: 6 Sep 2024 at 05: 26
Nine rail projects, including the 357-kilometre next phase of the Thai-Chinese high-speed train system, may be proposed for government approval next month, according to Deputy Transport Minister Surapong Piyachote.
All nine tasks need a full of 661 billion ringgit in opportunities, he said. Of the nine, six support double-track rail roads which require 298 billion ringgit, he added.
The six are the 285km Paknam Pho-Den Chai way, the 168km Chumphon-Surat Thani way, the 189km Surat Thani-Hat Yai way, the 308km Thanon Chira Juction-Ubon Ratchathani way, the 45km Hat Yai Junction-Padang Besar way and the 189km Denchai-Chiang Mai route.
Two more initiatives are being planned for the district additions of Bangkok’s Red Line program, which immediately require a finances of 21.6 billion ringgit, he said.
The Rangsit-Thammasat University Rangsit Campus expansion requires an expenditure of about 6.4 billion ringgit, while the Siriraj-Taling Chan-Salaya improvement needs 15.1 billion ringgit, he said.
The second phase of the Thai-Chinese high-speed station program, which will be constructed from Nakhon Ratchasima to Nong Khai, is another significant rail development project, according to him, costing 341.3 billion baht.
He predicted that development will likely be finished in soon 2028 with the second phase of the high-speed teach project having called for bids later this year.
Lessons learned from the first and final phases of the project’s design work should be used to speed up the completion of the next and final stage, Surapong said.
The design of the 250km initial stage of the high-speed train project, from Bangkok to Nakhon Ratchasima, which actually began on Dec 21, 2017, was merely 34.9 % finish, according to the latest update on the project’s established site on July 25.
Three international workers were killed as a result of the recent decline of a bridge pipe in Nakhon Ratchasima: one from Myanmar and two from China.
The three were constructing the hole when it collapsed on August 27 after a protracted period of heavy rains.