High-speed road plans will also be discussed during discussions.
PUBLISHED: 25 Apr 2024 at 06: 18
Suriya Jungrungreangkit, the minister of transportation, may travel to China next month to discuss the high-speed train project between Thailand and China and encourage the 1 trillion ringgit Land Bridge venture.
On Wednesday, Mr. Suriya announced that he would lead a team to the May 7 and 9 joint ministerial meeting of the 31st Thailand-China combined commission.
The high-speed rail project will be a topic of conversation as one of the discussions moves forward with Bangkok-Nakhon Ratchasima’s initial phase of the project.
It will be the first encounter- to- encounter meeting in five decades following the Covid- 19 crisis, he said.
According to Mr. Suriya, the second step is about 32 % finished and is anticipated to get finished by 2028.
The state will even discuss whether it is prepared to start the next phase of the project, which was eventually connect Nakhon Ratchasima to Nong Khai and become a member of the high-speed train system between China and Laos.
The project’s next phase will have a total investment of 341.3 billion baht and get 357.2 km long.
The path will be divided into two parts, comprising a 202.48km raised area and a 154.64km floor- level stretch. There will be five facilities along the route: Bua Yai, Ban Phai, Khon Kaen, Udon Thani and Nong Khai.
He claimed that the National Environment Board is looking into the details of the second phase for its environmental impact assessment ( EIA ). The government anticipates that within the upcoming season, there will be e-bidding. By 2031, the project is anticipated to get finished.
The transportation chancellor may also meet with Chinese owners to discuss the Land Bridge proposal, which establishes a logistics link between Chumphon on the Gulf of Thailand and Ranong on the Andaman beach.
He claimed that the project will have both provincial deep-water ports, a railroad program, and a land-to-road network that will connect the two regions.
Within the fourth quarter of this year, the ministry will have finished drafting the Southern Economic Corridor ( SEC ) law, and it will invite foreign investors by the fourth quarter of the following year. Before the start of property confiscation in the third quarter of the same year, selling is scheduled to begin in the second quarter of 2026.
The Land Bridge’s development is scheduled to start in 2026 and finish in 2030.