PUBLISHED: 8 May 2025 at 06: 11
The opposition People’s Party ( PP ) unveiled new information regarding another costly parliament project to construct a car park building.
Parit Wacharasindhu, a PP MP who chairs a House committee on social development, mass connections and public cooperation, on Wednesday said the secretary of the House of Representatives issued an news regarding a winning bid for a 104.5-million-baht job to design a car park tower on Sam Sen Road.
The statement was signed by Sub Lt Aphat Sukkhanant, the House’s secretary-general, and issued on March 25.
Of all legislature’s 15 construction projects, the vehicle garden project is the most expensive at more than 4.5 billion ringgit, Mr Parit said.
The initiative was approved in rule by the government on Jan 28. It will be financed by resources distributions from the 2026, 2027 and 2028 governmental times.
However, a demand for a budget planning of about 1.53 billion ringgit from the 2026 fiscal season has not yet been approved by the government. Discussion of the budget costs for the 2026 governmental year will be held on May 28-30.
Mr Parit said the House committee did ask members of the committee of the House to give an argument on Thursday.
According to sources, legislature’s underwater car park building may be 13 feet deeply, with at least three columns that can support up to 4, 600 cars.
The area at the ground level will also accommodate at least 19 buses, with other areas for office buildings and utility systems.
Criticism is mounting against parliament’s request for a billion baht in additional budget for renovations, despite the new chambers only opening last year.
Among the contentious proposals are requests for 113 million baht to fund the refurbishment of parliament’s Sala Kaeo ( Crystal Pavilion ), and a 180-million-baht sum to install a 4D cinema.
Parliament said the” cinema” will be an information room for visitors.
Another 118 million baht will also be sought to upgrade the lighting in seminar rooms, 117 million baht to refurbish the kitchen area and repurpose part of it as a recreation room, and another 99-million-baht request to upgrade the sound and video systems in parliament’s 1, 500-seat conference room.