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Thailand reveals plans for 5,000km motorway network – News – GCR
Thailand’s Ministry of Transport has unveiled a plan to construct eight motorways running parallel with rail routes to improve the country’s international transport links. The 5,000km of routes were revealed at a meeting held on Wednesday between the Department of Highways, the State Railway of Thailand and other state agencies.
The east-west roads / five routes:
- A 710km motorway between Tak near the Myanmar west and Nakhon Phanom, on the Laotian border;
- An 880km link to the south of the above between Tak and Ubon Ratchathani;
- A 310km motorway between Kanchanaburi, also near the Myanmar border, and Sa Kaeo on the Cambodian border;
- A 220km coastal highway between Kanchanaburi near Myanmar and Trat on Cambodian border;
- A 190km road between the resort island of Phuket and Surat Thani, near the resort island of Ko Samui.
A detailed plan for the roads will be finished over the next year, with construction expected to begin by 2022 or 2023.
Source: Thailand reveals plans for 5,000km motorway network – News – GCR
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