Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) will sign a memorandum of understanding on Thursday with Chulalongkorn University on building the Siam-Samyan monorail, BMA spokesman Wasan Meewong said yesterday.
The city executives' meeting approved 14 projects to celebrate His Majesty the King's birthday anniversary on December 5, including the monorail project and the Pattanamuang skywalk, covering five sites. Design of the skywalk should be completed in September with construction beginning in December. The BMA will invest up to Bt2 billion on the monorail built on the university's property. It is working on the monorail garage site ahead of Cabinet approval to build the elevated transport system in the 25 square kilometre area which is beyond the government's "M-Map" transport master plan. In September, the city will hold a seminar for public opinion on the project while the Environmental Impact Assessment report should be complete by next May, he said. Construction should begin next year for completion before Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra's term ends, he added.