First hearing on Chiang Mai airport revamp held

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PUBLISHED: 26 Aug 2024 at 20: 24

Chiang Mai has seen the growing numbers of domestic travellers during the high season as the Chiang Mai airport has filled with tourists.
In Chiang Mai, local travelers are increasing in numbers during the high season because the Chiang Mai aircraft is crowded with visitors.

The first public hearing for the airports of Thailand ( AoT )’s 24-billion-baht, five-year plan to increase the passenger handling capacity at Chiang Mai International Airport to 20 million passengers a year was held on Monday at the airport.

The reading, attended by about 300 local people, was held at the Centara Riverside Hotel in Chiang Mai. It was led by Piyapong Prapanwattana, chairman of the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry’s municipal business.

Suwicha Chimaphan, the director of AoT climate, stressed the need to develop Chiang Mai Airport’s capacity to accommodate the growing number of visitors to the city and function as a gateway to the North. He added that the carrier’s construction would be carried out in accordance with regional and global climate protection regulations. &nbsp,

According to Mr Suwicha, the hearing was organised because some details of the project’s &nbsp, Environmental Impact Assessment ( EIA ) report have been changed.

The audience’s purpose of holding the reading was to provide the people with the revised information and hear their views, which will help the AoT increase the site’s usefulness.

He stated that the feasibility research may run for nine months until March of next year.

AoT top executive vice president &nbsp, for engineering and construction, Paweena Jariyathitipong, said the 24-billion-baht job may take five years to complete and will be modelled on Suvarnabhumi Airport.

After the renovation is finished, the airport may have 31 aircraft stands and be able to accommodate 13 million and 7 million passengers, both.

The program’s 24-billion-baht resources is pending acceptance in addition to the budget for the payment for climate impacts the project may cause, said Ms Paweena.