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Officials from several Thai ministries will visit Vientiane later this month to discuss the Thailand extension of the China-Laos railway.

Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob vehemently denied on Wednesday that he owned a construction firm that won 1 billion baht worth of projects from his ministry in the past two years.

The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) and the Department of Highways have been tasked with tackling problems faced by residents affected by mega transport projects.

The Transport Ministry will delay a fare hike of the MRT train plying the Chaloem Ratchamongkhon route, also known as Blue Line, until December 31 in a bid to help alleviate people’s financial burden.

The Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) has been ordered to review the plan to construct a mass transit system (tram) for Phuket province to cope with rising construction costs, a source from the Transport Ministry said on Friday.

Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has instructed the Public Health, Transport, and Tourism and Sports ministries to coordinate with related agencies to prepare for the Covid-19 transition from pandemic to endemic, deputy government spokesperson Trisulee Trisaranakul said on Thursday.

The Transport Ministry and the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) are preparing two lawsuits against Hopewell (Thailand) Ltd to dodge having to pay billions of baht in compensation, a source at the ministry said on Monday.

It’s become a tradition for the Transport Ministry to waive expressway toll fees during long public holidays to facilitate traffic flow and ease people’s financial burden.

The Transport Ministry is taking steps to make interprovincial travel during the Songkran holidays safer and easier this year.

The Central Administrative Court on Monday suspended the execution of a sentence by the Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) in April 2019 on the Hopewell case, Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob said on Wednesday.

The government has disbursed 44.4 billion baht of budget to Transport Ministry as of the end of February, or 24.35 per cent of the total budget allotted to the ministry for the fiscal year 2022 at 208.4 billion baht, said Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob on Friday.

The Transport Ministry is preparing a master plan for its “MR-MAP” mega project, or construction of 10 routes connecting motorways and railways, a news source revealed.