Category: Construction News

Songkhla Lake bridge project raises concerns for Thailand’s last Irrawaddy dolphins READ ALSO: Thailand’s Songkhla Lake Bridge Needs Review Concerns have been raised over the potential impact of a proposed bridge across Songkhla Lake in Thailand on the critically endangered Irrawaddy dolphin population. Environmentalist Dr Thon Thamrongnawasawat highlighted the importance of conservation efforts to protect […]

State Railway of Thailand to provide builder of high-speed rail system linking three airports with more land to speed up construction The State Railway of Thailand will provide additional land to the builder of the high-speed rail system linking three airports by October, in a bid to speed up construction of this key transport infrastructure […]

Construction of new road agreed between Thailand’s Sadao and Malaysia’s Bukit Kayu Hitam border checkpoints Thailand and Malaysia have agreed to build a new road connecting the Sadao border checkpoint in Songkhla to Bukit Kayu Hitam town in Malaysia’s Kedah state to boost ties between the two countries. The Southern Border Provinces Administrative Centre (SBPAC) […]

Construction of Bangkok’s orange, yellow and pink electric train lines almost complete The construction of three suburban electric train lines in and around Bangkok, the orange, yellow and pink lines, is over 90% complete and proceeding according to plan, with the pink line, between Khae Rai and Min Buri, ready for trial runs in January […]

Mae Hong Son Province Launches Solar Power Plant And BESS Project   Mae Hong Son Province, the Ministry of Energy, and EGAT joined forces to develop Mae Hong Son Province to be a green tourism city with smart energy innovation and launch the Solar Power Plant and BESS Project, one of the strategies of Mae […]

Bangkok’s 22.1-kilometre Brown Line monorail project gets go ahead Thailand’s Mass Rapid Transit Authority (MRTA) has given Bangkok’s new monorail project worth 49.87 billion baht the go-ahead. READ ALSO: Brown Line monorail, expressway take shape Sarawut Songsivilai, director-general of the Highways Department who is also chairman of the MRTA board, said the 22.1-kilometre Brown Line […]

EGAT Promotes Clean Energy With Mae Moh Solar Farm Project In Thailand’s Lampang Province EGAT announced the sale of bidding documents for the Mae Moh Solar Farm Project in Lampahttps://goo.gl/maps/cCFRb5NCJkvsvb1Z7ng Province to promote clean energy use in the operation of EGAT Mae Moh Mine, driving Thailand toward Carbon Neutrality. Mr. Thidade Eiamsai, Deputy Governor – […]

MRTA extends contract for Bangkok’s Pink Line by 345 days The Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) has extended the contract for the Pink Line monorail project for another 345 days, the third extension it has granted. Highways Department director-general Sarawut Songsivilai, speaking in his capacity as the MRTA board chairman, said the expansion […]