ISAN Motorway

OTP pushes B1.2 trillion of motorways

The Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning (OTP) has floated seven motorway projects at a cost of 1.27 trillion baht. The projects, covering 2,796 kilometres, are included in the country's motorway development masterplan, which would be handed to the Transport Ministry to consider, putting them in the national strategy, OTP deputy director Chayathan

Bang Pa-in-Korat motorway 68% complete

Construction of a new highway from Bang Pa-in to the northeastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima is now 68 percent complete and the route is expected to be open for traffic in 2021, the Thai-language daily Thai Rath reported yesterday (March 8, 2019). The new route has two sections that run parallel to Phaholyotin and Friendship

Dept pushes for B84bn Isan motorway

The Department of Highways will push for a project to construct the Bang Pa-in-Nakhon Ratchasima motorway to be included in the eight-year strategic infrastructure development plans initiated by the junta, a department source said. The inter-provincial motorway would ease traffic congestion on Mittraphap Road leading to the Northeast, as well as distributing wealth throughout the

Unfinished tunnel opens to ease traffic snarls

The Department of Highways will temporarily open an under-construction tunnel linking Thap Lan National Park and Khao Yai National Park beginning Tuesday to accommodate a mass of motorists before and during the Songkran festival. According to the department, the tunnel will be temporarily made available from Tuesday to ease traffic congestion along Prachin Buri-Nakhon Ratchasima