Sarawut Songsivilai said toll stations were being erected at Huei Yai, Khao Zion and U-tapao, with the last more than 60 per cent finished and due for completion by July. 
Drivers of four-wheeled vehicles will be charged Bt10-Bt130, six-wheelers Bt15-Bt210 and vehicles with more than six wheels Bt20-Bt305. 
The Bangkok-Ban Chang stretch of Highway 7 between Pattaya and Map Ta Phut is expected to be the main route used in developing eastern coastal areas, Sarawut said.&nbsp; 
It will benefit businesses including tourism by connecting Laem Chabang Port with various industrial estates, increasing logistical efficiency and helping make Thailand a transportation hub for Southeast Asia, he said.

Road of promise, Highway 7 nearing completion

A 32-kilometre stretch of Highway 7 – the Bangkok-Bangshang Road between Pattaya and the Map Ta Phut industrial port – was nearly 98 per cent complete by last month, the director-general of the Department of Highways said on Friday (February 21).