3 organisations under the Ministry of Transport possess signed an agreement to create their implementation of planned road building projects under a solitary management system, beginning with five projects worth a total of 233. 7 billion baht.
These five projects would be the first batch of the group of 19 tasks that the Department associated with Highways (DH), Department of Rural Streets (DRR), and Expressway Authority of Asia (Exat) deemed ideal for the proposal discussed in a memorandum of understanding (MoU) which was signed on Monday, said Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob last night.
The cooperation is a novel approach designed to decrease overlap in order to enhance efficiency and rates of speed of the work, he said.
The first project to be managed under the brand new system will be the structure a motorway stretching 30 kilometres through Muang Mai in order to Kathu in Phuket at a cost of 30. 4 billion baht, he said.
Initially analyzed and designed by the DH to run between Muang Mai and Koh Kaeo, the brand new plan will see Exat take over the project and extend the new highway to reach Kathu and Patong.
The second in the batch is a new 20km elevated highway called Highway Number 305 (Pathum Thani-Rangsit-Ongkharak) that requires 38. 5 billion baht within funding, he said.
Initiated by the DH, this project is also that must be taken over by Exat which will merge this with the Udon Ratthaya-Pathum Thani expressway system, he said.
The third is really a plan to construct a good 18km elevated freeway connecting Srinakarin Road with Suvarnabhumi airport, he said, including that this 18km road requires 43. 1 billion baht associated with funding.
Studied and created by the DH, the particular project will also be absorbed by Exat as will a ninety six. 6-billion-baht network of river flyovers and roads to connect Samut Sakhon with Samut Prakan, he stated.
Started by the DRR, this particular transport network has a combined length of 72km, he said.
The last from the initial batch is a bridge to connect Koh Samui in Surat Thani with Khanom district in Nakhon Si Thammarat in a cost of 25 billion dollars baht, he said, adding that the implementation of this 17km link will, all the same, be studied over by Exat with the aim of seeking public-private partnership investment.
Money to finance these types of projects will also be raised through the Thailand Upcoming Fund, while versions for generating earnings through leasing away commercial spaces will be adopted from overseas, he said.