Junta mulls pricey transport projects
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The National Council for Peace and Order will take two weeks to review big-ticket transport infrastructure projects, including the expansion of Suvarnabhumi Airport and the development of 10 Bangkok mass-transit lines and four cross-country high-speed rai
After a meeting of the NCPO with Transport Ministry officials yesterday, Air Chief Marshal Prajin Juntong, the junta’s economic chief, said the projects would be tabled for the council’s consideration next week.
Project implementation plans, funding and other challenges will be studied in detail before a decision will be made.
The ministry has asked for a Bt380-billion budget for fiscal 2015, nearly triple the Bt130 billion for the current year, as some projects from the scrapped Bt2-trillion infrastructure scheme are now included.
Any changes to the board of directors and executive committees of state enterprises under the ministry will wait until a discussion with them on Saturday.
The NCPO will consider whether the free bus and train measure should continue, Prajin said.
