Chiang Mai to have rubber-tyred tram in 2028 The Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) revealed its plans to finish a rubber-tyred tram project in Chiang Mai by 2028. Construction is expected to start in 2025 with a budget of 9.3 billion baht. The Chiang Mai Mass Rapid Transit project was started in 1994 […]
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Bangkok Lighthouse Networking Evening – 11 November 2022 – SPONSOR “Promech” Lighthouse Networkers! Please see the invite for the final evening networking event of the year [we will have a Xmas lunch event December] We are proud to have “Promech” sponsor this November event once again, we look forward to seeing everyone next week Please […]
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How to fix Bangkok’s urban rail transit system An open letter to Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt with a summary of the best ways to improve Bangkok’s urban rail transit system. By James Clark Nov 1 2022 As Bangkok’s mass transit system continues to grow, changes are needed to ensure it becomes a world-class transport system. […]
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Three TERRATEC EPBMS Delivered for Ninth Bangkok Water Supply Tunnel TERRATEC celebrated the successful Factory Acceptance Tests of two new 4.39m diameter Earth Pressure Balance Tunnel Boring Machines (EPBMs) and one 4.8m diameter EPBM destined for the Metropolitan Waterworks Authority’s Ninth Bangkok Water Supply Improvement project in Thailand. The events were attended online by representatives […]
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Plans for a 22-kilometre extension to Bangkok’s elevated Don Muang tollway from Rangsit in Pathum Thani to Bang Pa-in in Ayutthaya The Department of Highways (DoH) plans to extend the Uttaraphimuk Elevated Highway, also known as the Don Muang tollway, with a total investment of 31 billion baht. DoH director-general Sarawut Songwilai said the project […]
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Thailand’s opposition party Pheu Thai Party opposes land ownership by foreigners in Thailand for residential purposes The opposition Pheu Thai Party voiced its strong opposition today (Saturday) to the government’s plan to allow certain foreigners to buy up to *0.16 hectares (*one rai) of land for residential purposes, hoping that the scheme will boost foreign […]
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4.4 million Thais still earn less than 3,000 baht a month, says NESDC About 4.4 million Thai nationals are living below the poverty line now, dropping from 4.7 million during the Covid-19 crisis, the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC). Danucha Pichayanan, NESDC secretary-general, said 4.4 million people or 6.3 per cent of the […]
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Thailand and Laos Prime Ministers agree more connecting bridges over the Mekong river are needed Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and his Lao counterpart Phankham Viphavanh agree there should be more bridges linking their countries across the Mekong River, the government spokesman said. They also agreed on the need to link the Thai rail network with […]
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New Construction Adjudication Bill in Thailand – prioritising payments The Thai construction and engineering sector will soon introduce a significant new act which aims to promote project efficiency in relation to payments through a fast-track adjudication process. A draft bill, the “Act on the Settlement of Disputes regarding Payment in Construction” (the “Act”), is currently […]
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Bangkok Governor Chadchart will ask MRTA to carry out the Silver Line and Grey Line electric train projects Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt said on Wednesday he would ask the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) to take over two electric train projects. Chadchart said the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) decided on Wednesday not to […]
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