Author: Peter Carlisle

Thailand’s Highways Dept unveils 20-year plan to develop the nation’s interprovincial motorway network More than 1,900km of new roads eyed The Department of Highways on Monday unveiled a 20-year plan to develop the nation’s interprovincial motorway network, which will see 1,926 kilometres of new highways across the country. The announcement was made at a press […]

Phangnga airport ‘needed’ urges Airports of Thailand Phangnga airport study ‘must carry on’ The Joint Public and Private Sector Consultative Committee (JPPSCC) in the Andaman provinces has urged Airports of Thailand (AoT) to continue its feasibility study on Phangnga Airport. A meeting of the JPPSCC in the Andaman provinces of Krabi, Trang, Phangnga, Phuket, Ranong […]

Tirathai wins a big job for EGAT to produce 333.33 MVA 500 KV power transformers worth more than 1,000 million baht Mr. Samphan Wongpan, Managing Director of Tirathai Public Company Limited (TRT), revealed that in the middle of the year 2023, the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) ordered the company to produce 333.33 MVA […]

Update on Under-Construction Elevated Road Collapses In Lat Krabang, Bangkok Updates on the collapsed elevated road that was under construction on Luang Phaeng Road in Bangkok’s Lat Krabang district There were 2 fatalities, including a construction worker and an engineer, and 17 people were injured. Additionally, at least 4 cars and 8 motorbikes were either […]

Two killed, 10 hurt as under-construction elevated road collapses in Lat Krabang, Bangkok Two people died and about ten others were injured when an elevated road section under construction collapsed on Luang Phaeng Road in Bangkok’s Lat Krabang district on Monday evening. An elevated road segment across Wat Polmanee intersection plunged onto the road below […]

Move Forward party’s green spaces bill for increasing Bangkok’s green space passes first reading The Bangkok Metropolitan Council has passed the first reading of a Move Forward Party-backed bill increasing green space in the capital. Putthipat Thanyathammanon, a councillor for Yannawa district from the MFP, said on Saturday he proposed a motion to a council […]

Phra Nang Klao Bridge in Nonthaburi province ‘not a safety risk’ The ground columns of Phra Nang Klao Bridge were designed in line with international engineering standards, one of the main project crew said on Friday in response to speculation they may be too thin to properly support the structure. On Thursday, a Japanese tourist […]

City flyover contractor set new deadline, Bangkok’s Na Ranong project must end this month Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt has imposed a new deadline on the contractor of the Na Ranong intersection flyover to finish the long-delayed project by the end of this month. Also, a new footbridge underneath the traffic flyover has not been finished […]