32km freeway extension will be toll-free for 3 months
RELEASED: 22 May 2020 at 20:50
A freshly constructed area of the freeway from Pattaya to Map Ta Phut has actually been opened for a toll-free, three-month trial to help with travel in between Bangkok and provinces in the Eastern Economic Passage (EEC).
Transportation Minister Saksayam Chidchob hailed the path’s value as a “connection of land, rail and air transportation” as he commanded a soft-opening event on Friday.
The 32-kilometre extension of the Bangkok-Pattaya freeway, likewise called Freeway No. 7, ranges from Chon Buri to Restriction Chang district in Rayong where U-tapao International Airport and the Restriction Chang train station lie.
Vehicle drivers can get in the path by means of 3 toll gates: Huai Yai, which is related to Sukhumvit Roadway in Pattaya; Chi On in Sattahip district of Chon Buri; and U-tapao, which is gotten in touch with another area of Sukhumvit Roadway in Restriction Chang district.
However chauffeurs can just utilize just the U-tapao entryway throughout the trial run, Highways Department chief Sarawut Songsivilai stated.
The industrial opening of the path is set up for September. When the roadway is totally functional, tolls will vary from 25 to 305 baht depending upon automobile type.
Building and construction of the extension started in 2016 and expense 17.7 billion baht, consisting of 6 billion for land expropriation.
” All the cash has actually originated from our toll collections from freeways No. 7 and No. 9,” Mr Sarawut stated.
Freeway No. 9 is a north-south path linking Bang Pa-in district of Ayutthaya with Bang Phli in Samut Prakan. The Pattaya-Map Ta Phut extension belongs to the state facilities advancement prepare for the EEC modern commercial center covering Rayong, Chon Buri and Chachoengsao.
