PUBLISHED: 24 Apr 2025 at 19: 24
SURAT THANI: The government is moving forward with the development plan for the Southern Economic Corridor ( SEC ), a development project for economic and transportation infrastructure that will improve the link between the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand while promoting more robust economic growth.
At a pondering conference on Thursday in Surat Thani, assistant transportation secretary Manaporn Charoensri and public and private parties from Surat Thani, Ranong, Chumphon, and Nakhon Si Thammarat regions exchanged views.
All of these individuals were representatives of organizations that were influencing this grouping of southern counties ‘ economic growth.
The minister said,” The authorities now treats the advancement in the South as important because it has a demonstrated ability to grow in terms of both financial and hospitality development.”
If properly developed, the country could possibly offer better carry links to Asia via the region, according to Ms. Manaporn, who lives between the Andaman and the Gulf of Thailand.
A land bridge to connect the two coasts is included in the draft bill that the ministry’s Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning ( OTP ) has created for the SEC, she continued.
The SEC, which was approved by the government on August 21, 2018, includes financial developments in Chumphon, Ranong, Surat Thani, and Nakhon Si Thammarat as well as a number of transportation projects, including a double-track coach system passing through these southern provinces, as well as a hospitality enhancement job.
Prior to a conference, Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the administrators of these southern regions, as well as other local government and civic organizations, agreed that the creation of a transportation system to better connect the Andaman and the Gulf of Thailand needed to be done more quickly, according to Ms Manaporn.
By bypassing the Malacca Strait, the area gate may significantly increase the ease of moving goods between the Indian Ocean and Asia, she said.
According to Ms. Manaporn, the OTP has consulted with traders, created an environmental impact assessment, a business development plan, and made suggestions for investors.