The banner is clear: Huai Khwang residents want the Orange Line rerouted, and vow to fight any attempt to lay down tracks they say will affect 1,000 families. (Photo by Apichit Jinakul) Residents of Soi Prachasongkhro 21 of Huai Khwang district who are affected by the planned construction of the Orange Line vowed Sunday to […]
Continue ReadingBANGKOK, 12 June 2015, (NNT) – Transport Minister Air Chief Marshal Prajin Juntong yesterday visited the construction site of the Pattaya – Hua Hin ferry pier. He disclosed that the Marine Department has been given two months to conduct a feasibility study of the project to construct ferry piers in Chonburi province’s Pattaya municipality and […]
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Vows Satun project will finally go ahead Pak Bara is known for its fabulous beaches, and as a kickoff point for trips to lesser known Andaman Islands, but Transport Minister Air Chief Marshal Prajin Juntong says he needs a deepwater port here. (Photo courtesy Tourism Authority of Thailand) Transport Minister Prajin Juntong has asked the […]
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A passenger buys a ticket at BTS Bearing Station, the destination of the current extended skytrain route. (Bangkok Post file photo) The Transport Ministry will ask the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) next week to take over the entire Green Line train project, Transport Minister Prajin Juntong said yesterday. ACM Prajin said he will meet City Hall […]
Continue ReadingA collaboration to develop the Dawei megaproject is due to start on time, with the two leading Thai construction companies and the Myanmar government set to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) next month. The Myanmar government and Thai companies Rojana Industrial Park Plc and SET-listed Italian-Thai Development Plc (ITD) are scheduled to sign the […]
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A Thai construction company began working on a second Maesot-Myawaddy Friendship Bridge project on the Thai side of the border in early June. Local residents on the Thai side of the Moei River that separates Burma from Thailand said large earth moving machinery began leveling the ground while surveyors measured land and concrete workers started […]
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BANGKOK, 11 June 2015, (NNT) – The Office of Transport and Traffic Policy Planning (OTP) has decided to proceed with the original orange line subway construction plan, given preliminary work has already been carried out. According to M.R. Pridiyathorn Devakula, the Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, the public has been informed of the original […]
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Onep to give advice on Chao Phraya plan An environmental impact assessment (EIA) for a new riverside promenade, the so-called New Landmark of Thailand project is not neccessary, the government says. Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning (Onep) secretary-general Kasemsun Chinnavaso said Wednesday the 14km project which will run between the Rama VII […]
Continue ReadingThailand-based power distributor Superblock intends to spend BHT30bn ($884m) to boost its solar power business. The Thai firm is backed by a government drive, which aims to promote green energy development in the country. At present, 70% of the facilities in Thailand use natural gas as fuel for power generation. The Asian country intends to […]
Continue ReadingTHAILAND’S power utility Egat has been accused of exacerbating conflict in Myanmar’s Shan state by backing a controversial dam on the Salween. More than a dozen Shan community groups called on the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand and China’s Three Gorges Corporation yesterday to pull out of the huge Mong Ton Dam, saying the US$8-billion […]
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