BANGKOK, Oct 17 (NNN-TNA) – Thai Minister of Transport, Saksayam Chidchob, said, his ministry is scheduled to complete the construction of the Sixth Thai-Lao friendship bridge by 2025.
During his trip to the north-eastern provinces of Amnat Charoen, Yasothon and Mukdahan, Saksayam said, he is in discussion with various agencies, in speeding up the construction of the bridge, before he can sit down with the Lao government, to schedule the date of the bridge’s opening ceremony.
The minister said, the 4.36-billion-baht (140-million-U.S. dollar) bridge, would stretch 1.02 km and link Thailand’s Highway 2112, in Na Tan district of north-eastern Ubon Ratchathani province, and Highway 13 in La Khone Pheng town of Laos.
Saksayam said, he expected both Thailand and Laos to share the cost of the bridge construction. Land will be expropriated in the next two years, he said.
Construction of the bridge could start in 2023, and be completed in 2025, the minister said.
The Sixth Thai-Lao friendship bridge, once built, is expected to enhance border trade and promote tourism between Thailand and Laos.– NNN-TNA
