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Govt speeds up plans for highways to the South
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 24/09/2020
» Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob has pledged to expedite the construction of new highways that will connect Bangkok with the southern provinces.
Tram route modified to lessen impact on traffic
Published on 24/08/2020
» PHUKET: A revised design of the 41.7km light rail system running from Phuket airport to Chalong intersection was debated at a public hearing on Monday with the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) hoping to get a cabinet nod by the middle of next year.
Saksayam adamant on Hopewell retrial
News, Post Reporters, Published on 24/07/2020
» Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob on Thursday insisted his ministry has new evidence to again seek a retrial of the Hopewell compensation case, in which the ministry and the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) were ordered to pay Hopewell (Thailand) close to 25 billion baht in compensation.
Minister talks up highway projects in west Bangkok
News, Post Reporters, Published on 15/05/2020
» Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob on Thursday emphasised the need for two road construction projects in western Bangkok, claiming road construction would not exacerbate traffic congestion in the surrounding areas.
MRTA set to splurge on electric rail, new tollways
News, Thodsapol Hongtong, Published on 16/12/2019
» The government is committed to spend about 640 billion baht next year on major public transport projects, including new electric rail routes in Bangkok, Phuket, Chiang Mai and Nakhon Ratchasima, says the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA).
Hopewell to be investigated for 'illegal registration'
News, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 03/12/2019
» The Department of Business Development (DBD) has been ordered to conduct a detailed probe into the legal registration of Hopewell (Thailand) Co after the issue was raised with the Administrative Court.
SRT finds Hopewell 'loophole'
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 23/11/2019
» The Transport Ministry and the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) are fighting their corners over a court order to pay a huge compensation sum to Hopewell (Thailand) for terminating a contract for the company to build a 60-kilometre-long elevated highway and rail tracks in 1998.
New legal bid to stop Hopewell payout
News, Thodsapol Hongtong, Published on 28/10/2019
» The Transport Ministry is confident the evidence it submitted which highlighted 20 irregularities in a railway project that was scrapped two decades ago will spare it from having to pay the hefty compensation to Hopewell as ordered by the Supreme Court.
Hopewell agrees to talk after legal threat
News, Thodsapol Hongtong, Published on 19/10/2019
» The Transport Ministry on Friday decided not to ask the Administrative Court to investigate shareholdings in the Hong Kong-based Hopewell after the company made a last-minute offer to negotiate hefty financial compensation owed by the Thai government.
Ministry seeks reversal of compensation to Hopewell
News, Thodsapol Hongtong, Published on 16/10/2019
» The Transport Ministry is seeking to reverse the Supreme Administrative Court's ruling ordering it and the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) to pay hefty financial compensation to Hopewell (Thailand) Co.