Three new routes to ease travelThe Department of Highways will ask the cabinet to approve a 139-billion-baht budget to build three new motorways to cut travel times northwards and southwards of Bangkok. The planned 119-kilometre Nakhon Pathom-Cha-am route is aimed at speeding travel for motorists heading south from the capital. Mr Piyapong said the department expects to sign contracts for all three projects in 2021 under a PPP-based investment. Another two routes are also being studied under the PPP framework. The 32-km route is aimed at easing travel to east-coast industrial areas and attractions like Jomtien beach and Khao Chi Chan, famous for its clifftop golden Buddha.

Source: Bangkok Post February 21, 2020 22:41 UTC