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“Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra’s Pheu Thai party is proposing the so-called Landbridge project at a cost of about 1 trillion baht ($29 billion), to link two proposed seaports on either side of the country’s southern peninsula with a new highway and rail line. The 100-kilometer (62-mile) connection would cut shipping times between the Indian and Pacific oceans by bypassing the Malacca Strait — a narrow sea lane between Malaysia and Singapore that is one of the world’s busiest ocean routes.”
“Thailand aims to complete the project by 2030 and foreign investors will be allowed to own more than 50% of joint ventures with local companies to build the infrastructure. The deep sea ports in Ranong in the Andaman Sea and Chumphon in the Gulf of Thailand may cost 630 billion baht, according to the Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning.”
https://gcaptain.com/thailand-drafts-law-to-speed-up-29-billion-transport-link/