On the drawing board are Red Line modifications, Suvarnabhumi switch growth, and roads.
3 January 2024 at 20: 45 Discussed
Suriya Jungrungreangkit, the minister of transportation, announced on Wednesday that the Ministry of Transport is seeking endorsement this quarter for seven fresh transportation development projects totaling 133 billion ringgit in investment.
The second task to be put before the case is an 8.84-kilometer extension of the Red Line electric rail network from Rangsit in Pathum Thani to Thammasat University, with an estimated value of 6.46 billion ringgit. The following six initiatives are:
- 10.67 billion ringgit will be spent on a 14.8 km Red Line expansion from Taling Chan to Salaya in Nakhon Pathom.
- The Red Line, which costs 4.61 billion rmb, runs 5.7 kilometers from Taling Chan to Siriraj Hospital.
- The passenger terminal at Suvarnabhumi airport was expanded, costing 9 billion ringgit on the eastern part.
- 15 billion ringgit will be spent on a 4 km road that will join Phuket’s Patong and Kathu neighborhoods.
- The M5, a brand-new 22 km highway built in Ayutthaya’s Rangsit to Bang Pa-in city, costs 31.35 billion baht.
- Bangkok’s Western Ring Road may be expanded by the novel M9 highway. The 38-kilometer street connects Bangkok’s Bang Khun Thian neighborhood with Bang Bua Thong in Nonthaburi. The project had charge 56 billion baht, according to Mr. Suriya.
In order to better support the government’s agrarian, tourism, investment, and commercial development policies, he added, the ministry is also looking to expand the current network of motorways connecting all areas of the nation.