Mass-transit plans suffer from …

Mass-transit plans suffer from political meddling

Political interference to reap benefits from the multibillion-baht mass-transit project is likely to hold back investment progress, according to The Nation on 08/12/10.

The daily quoted a Transport Ministry source as saying that there had been attempts by politicians to change some project details in order to allocate benefits for their interest groups.

Since the launch of the 2004-2009 Bangkok Mass Transit Master Plan, for seven routes with a total length of 236 kilometres, the Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning has been able to construct just over 39km of rail lines.