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Government plans 2 new tollways
News, Post Reporters, Published on 28/11/2023
» The Transport Ministry plans to build two new elevated tollways, Pathum Thani-Ayutthaya and Nonthaburi-western Bangkok, at an estimated total cost of 87 billion baht.
New tollways planned to Ayutthaya, Nonthaburi
Post Reporters, Published on 27/11/2023
» The Transport Ministry plans to build two new elevated tollways, Pathum Thani-Ayutthaya and Nonthaburi-western Bangkok, at an estimated total cost of 87 billion baht.
Bangkok warned of more rain Sunday night
Online Reporters, Published on 11/09/2022
» City Hall is warning residents in the capital of more rain to come on Sunday night, even as some districts in the northern and eastern parts of Bangkok remained under water from an overnight downpour.
New rule caps cars at under 100kph on expressways
Online Reporters, Published on 30/07/2022
» Four-wheeled vehicles are not allowed to exceed 100 kilometres per hour on expressways, according to new ministry regulations reported by the Expressway Authority of Thailand (EXAT).
Transport Ministry to digitise toll payments
News, Published on 01/12/2020
» The Transport Ministry has launched a mobile app to digitise toll-gate payments.
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).
Road plan is off the rails
News, Published on 24/02/2018
» In its push to build a new expressway in parallel with the planned Brown Line monorail route in Bangkok, the government does not seem to have come up with a good business case beyond the need to make use of 281 abandoned pillars on the Kaset-Nawamin road -- ghosts from the 1990s. That is not a compelling enough reason.
Don't blow windfall tax
News, Editorial, Published on 08/06/2017
» The Fiscal Policy Office (FPO) has made the right move in proposing a windfall tax on land values inflated by state infrastructure developments. As the proposal is still under the drafting process, it needs full backing from the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) and the government if the military regime is serious about narrowing income disparities.
Roadster to beat
Life, Richard Leu, Published on 17/10/2016
» If your eardrums aren't that good, the Porsche 718 Boxster -- with its new turbo flat-four -- is a total joy to drive.
'Hand of God' untangles Philippine traffic mess
AFP, Published on 25/08/2015
» MANILA - An 83-year-old Catholic cardinal in the Philippines came to the rescue of thousands of stranded motorists over the weekend after single-handedly untangling a traffic jam in Manila during a typhoon.