BMA gets Bt800m from Austrian firm over vehicles
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The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has received 20.5 million euros (Bt800 million) from Steyr-Daimler-Puch Spezialfahrzefug in accordance with the arbitration committee's order, deputy governor Asawin Kwanmuang said yesterday.
This payment is in relation to the city’s procurement of 315 trucks and 30 boats for firefighting worth Bt6.687 billion.
Asawin said BMA has still not been able to get the Bt809-million parking fee cut by half.
As BMA aims to put these vehicles to use, a committee is inspecting the 170 trucks parked in Nonthaburi’s Sai Noi district and it should have the results by the end of this month, he said.
The repair job is expected to cost Bt300 million, he said, adding that up to 300 local administrative bodies have applied for use of the vehicles, he added.
The procurement of the vehicles at highly inflated prices was done under the administration of former Bangkok governor Samak Sundaravej, while his successor, Apirak Kosayothin, signed the letter of credit for the payments. The vehicles have been in storage since delivery.
