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Cabinet gives green light to 2025 transport budget to exceed 1 billion baht

House of Representatives, Cabinet passes transport budget for 2025-72 with a budget of 91,000 million baht, projects exceeding 1 billion baht. Mr. Chai Watcharong, spokesman for the Prime Minister's Office, revealed that the Cabinet meeting agreed in principle to set the annual budget for 2025 for projects of more than 1,000 million baht or more. of the Department of Highways Department of Rural Roads Department of Airports and the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority, totaling 42 projects, with a budget in 2025-2032 totaling 91,653 million baht, divided into an annual budget of 15,627.9411 million baht for 2025, as proposed by the Ministry of Transport (BMTA). The Cabinet meeting assigned the Office of Estimates and NESDB to consider the creation of debt to bind the budget for more than one fiscal year, with an amount exceeding 1,000 million baht or more, to present to the Cabinet for approval before presenting details of the 2025 budget by February 2. . 2024 by the Department of Highways (Highway Department) p roposes to set a budget for 37 projects to be implemented in 2025-2028 with a budget of 69,877 million baht, such as the development of transportation and logistics systems, 35 projects with a total budget of 66,027 million baht, the Special Development Zone Region Eastern 2 projects, total budget 3,850 million baht The Department of Rural Roads (Rural Highways) proposes to set up a budget for 2025 to develop transportation and logistics systems for 3 projects to be implemented in 2025-2027 with a budget of 4,920 million baht. The budget for fiscal year 2025 will be 984 million baht. Department of Rural Roads (Thailand) proposes to set a budget for 2025 for construction to extend the length of the runway, expand the taxiway, and the aircraft parking apron. Chumphon Airport, Chum Kho Subdistrict, Pathio District, Chumphon Province, operated in 2025-2028, with a budget of 1,500 million baht (fiscal year 2025: 300 million baht, fiscal year 2026: 300 million baht, fiscal year 2027, 450 million baht, fiscal year 2028, 450 million baht) As for the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA), it proposes to set a budget for 2025 to support the rental of clean energy air-conditioned buses (EVs) to be implemented in 2025-2032, with a budget of 15,355 million baht, with an annual expenditure budget of 368 million baht for 2025. Baht. Source: Thai News Agency