SKYTRAIN
City signs B3.8bn BTS extension
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration yesterday signed a 3.8-billion-baht contract with Italian-Thai Development Plc to build the Sukhumvit road extension of the BTS skytrain. The firm will build the structure of the 5.25km elevated extension, including the train stations and tracks, from Onnut station along Sukhumvit road to Soi 107.
Project bidding took place on Oct 3, 2003 and the project won approval from the City Council on May 24 this year.
The BMA's traffic and transport office held talks with ITD, finalising the details and terms of the construction on June 16.
The project cost totals 4.05 billion baht, of which 3.87 billion baht will be spent on the extension construction.
A total of 186.3 million baht would be earmarked for the installation of electrical systems to be undertaken by the Metropolitan Electricity Authority.
Work on building the structure will begin next month. Construction is scheduled to take 30 months with the test-run to be held in 2008.
source: Bangkok Post 21/07/2006