PP blasts govt over ‘unfeasible’ Land Bridge project

The main opposition People’s Party (PP) has sharply criticised the government under Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul for pressing ahead with the controversial Land Bridge project, despite longstanding doubts about its financial and environmental viability.

- AEKARACH SATTABURUTH

During the policy debate in parliament yesterday, Pukkamon Nun-anan, a list-MP, questioned why the coalition, with only four months left in office, continues to tout the Land Bridge as a priority project, even though it was absent from its formal policy statement.

The project proposes a 90-kilometre transport corridor linking Ranong on the Andaman coast with Chumphon on the Gulf of Thailand, aiming to offer an alternative to the congested Strait of Malacca.