Litigation threat lifted in expressway row
Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob said on Thursday (February 27) he’d been informed that Bangkok Expressway and Metro Public Company Limited (BEM) had already dropped all 17 legal complaints against the Expressway Authority of Thailand (EXAT).
This follows their signing on February 20 of amended contracts for two BEM expressways, which extended the company’s concession terms.
The Cabinet recently approved a Transport Ministry proposal to extend the two expressway concessions to the end of October 2035 in exchange for BEM dropping its legal challenges.
Saksayam send the end of litigation means the amended contracts will take effective on March 1.
One contract involves the Si Rat Expressway, also known as the Second Stage Expressway, and its Sectors A (Rama 9-Ratchadapisek), B (Phayathai-Bangkhlo), C (Ratchadapisek-Chaeng Watthana) and D (Bang Pa-in-Pakret).
Concessions for Sectors A, B and C were originally scheduled to expire at the end of this month and for Sector D in April 2027.
The second contract involves the Udon Ratthaya Expressway (Bang Pa-in-Pakret Expressway), with the original concession ending in 2026.
