BMA to seek project approval
Bangkok Governor Apirak Kosayodhin plans to discuss the Bt6.7-billion fire-truck procurement scandal, as well as city projects that were not approved by the former government, with the interim cabinet.
Apirak said yesterday he had asked the city's deputy governors to summarise the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration's (BMA) problematic projects so he may report to the new cabinet as soon as it is set up. The BMA might also propose new projects for the cabinet to consider and the new interior minister overseeing the BMA to approve, Apirak said. Projects that need support from the new cabinet include the extension of three Skytrain routes to Samut Prakan's Samrong district, as well as to Saphan Mai and Prannok. The extension of the three routes - On nut-Bearing, Mor Chit-Kaset intersection and Taksin-Bang Wa, are being constructed with the BMA's own funds of Bt27 billion because the former government did not consider the BMA's proposal asking the state to subsidise 50 per cent of the costs. "But we hope the projects will be supported by the interim cabinet because they [the projects] are the best solution to the traffic and petrol price problems," said Apirak. Other projects to be proposed to the cabinet are the construction of a wastewater treatment plant in Klong Toei and the extension of rapid-transit bus routes.
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