Govt presses ahead with Land Bridge

The government is pushing legislation to support the Southern Economic Corridor (SEC) and the Land Bridge megaproject linking the Gulf of ThaiJand and the Andaman Sea.

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According to Deputy Transport Minister Manaporn Charoensri, the Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning (OTP) has completed public hearings in Chumphon, Ranong, Surat Thani and Nakhon Si Thammarat, all of which are involved in both the SEC and the 1-trillion-baht Land Bridge project.

The OTP will then update the bill using the suggestions from public hearing panels and propose the final bill draft for cabinet approval by next month.

The bill will be proposed to the House when the general session resumes on July 3. It is expected to finish the three reading stages in September.