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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.
Ode to Gorbymania
News, Postbag, Published on 01/09/2022
» Re: "World hails 'one-of-a-kind' ex-Soviet leader Gorbachev", (Online, Aug 31).
Drug resistance
News, Postbag, Published on 14/08/2022
» Re: "Lift antiviral drug curbs," (Editorial, Aug 8).
Police plan to ratchet up protest counter-measures
News, Post Reporters, Published on 10/09/2021
» Metropolitan police plan to step up counter-measures against pro-democracy protesters next week.
Transport Ministry to digitise toll payments
News, POST REPORTERS, Published on 01/12/2020
» The Transport Ministry has launched a mobile app to digitise toll-gate payments.
Tollway booths to be scrapped next year
News, Post Reporters, Published on 16/09/2020
» The Ministry of Transport will remove tollway booths and remodel billing systems to incorporate vehicle recognition, in a bid to reduce congestion on tollway and expressways next year.
Scrap debt-swap, says union
News, Post Reporters, Published on 09/01/2020
» The Expressway Authority of Thailand (Exat) labour union is threatening to seek court action against a controversial debt swap plan over which the Exat governor has reportedly quit his job.
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).
Steep fines not enough
News, Editorial, Published on 24/08/2018
» The carnage on Thailand's roads, ranked the second deadliest in the world in 2015, is driven by a wide range of factors. In a bid to lessen the horrific slaughter and improve road safety, the Department of Land Transport (DLT) recently came up with a harsh solution, aimed at keeping unlicensed drivers off the roads.
Windfall tax will lead to greater fairness
News, Anusorn Tamajai, Published on 19/07/2018
» For the first time ever, Thailand is to collect a tax on inflated property prices pushed by transport infrastructure projects, known as the land windfall tax.