The planned expansion of a motorway linking Thailand to the proposed Dawei deep-sea port project in Myanmar has been postponed.
The Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning (OTTPP) said expanding the motorway from four lanes to eight on the Thai side of the border is unnecessary for the time being.
The 110-kilometre road would link Dawei in Myanmar to Kanchanaburi in Thailand.
Chula Sukmanop, director of the OTTPP said the Dawei road link expansion project would pose high investment risks.
His findings were issued in a report on the Dawei joint development project submitted to Transport Minister Chadchat Sittipunt.
The report comes ahead of the third meeting of the joint steering committee for the Dawei project, set for March 6-8 in Chon Buri.
The OTTPP had analysed estimates of the cargo volume expected at the Dawei deep-sea port and found the figure was too high.
The transport volumes are not sufficient to justify expanding the motorway, the report said. Continue reading “THAILAND-BURMA: Dawei road expansion plan shelved”
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