Described: 16 Dec 2024 at 19: 27
The Transport Ministry is planning to submit on Tuesday a proposal for a new expressway that would link the Don Muang Tollway withHighway 6that runs to Nakhon Ratchasima.
According to Transport Minister Suriya Jungrungreangkit, the proposed Motorway 5 ( M5 ) project will see an elevated, six-lane, restricted access road built along Phahon Yothin Road, beginning at the Rangsit interchange in Pathum Thani and ending at Bang Pa-in interchange in Ayutthaya.  ,
When completed, the 22-kilometre road, with seven entry/exit stairs, will join the Don Muang Tollway with Motorway 6, which runs from Bang Pa-In to Nakhon Ratchasima.  ,
Mr. Suriya claimed that the M5 may also help ease traffic congestion in the capital’s northern regions.
The Department of Land Transport may look for companies to finish the project once it has been approved by the government. According to Mr. Suriya, it should be prepared for use” by 2029.”
The new motorway will require about 31.3 billion baht in investment, and the project will be managed as a public-private partnership ( PPP ), he said. The ministry will also submit a proposal to build an 8.84-km extension to the State Railway of Thailand’s ( SRT ) Red Line from Rangsit Station to Thammasat University’s Rangsit Campus.
Mr. Suriya anticipates that the job may be approved by the end of this month as a New Year’s greeting for riders.
When questioned about the plans to build additional areas of the Red Line, Mr. Suriya said the construction of a 20. kilometer part connecting Siriraj Hospital to Salaya is still in the planning stages.
The SRT has also decided to revise the Red Line’s eastern extension ( Bang Sue-Phaya Thai-Makkasan-Hua Mak ) and southern section ( Bang Sue-Hua Lamphong ) after an environmental impact assessment, he said.