File: State Railway of Thailand Workers Union
24 September 2019, State Railway of Thailand Workers 'Union (SRT) issued a statement' Beware of damage to the state (fool fees) if signing the contract before delivering the high speed rail project connecting the 3 airports. 'By specifying that it is widely known that the high-speed rail project connecting 3 airports' Don Mueang-Suvarnabhumi-U-Tapao', 220 kilometers, worth 224,544.36 million baht. The winning bid is the joint venture group. Charoen Pokphand Holding Company Limited (CP) and Alliance (CPH Group), in which the government jointly invested approximately 149,650 million baht and there was a delay due to the bidder creating conditions in the negotiations outside the TOR framework. 12 items Although there was news that the Subcommittee on Negotiation set up the proposal and negotiated the 12 issues, there was no official announcement to the public because 12 each of the above is the essence of the state. The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) is disadvantaged and damage will follow in the future. To date, the contract signing of the project has not yet been postponed several times due to the concerns of bidders regarding intruders in the area. Area delivery and discussions with joint venture partners due to the relatively high investment budget.
The initial project, which is known to the public about the use of the State Railway of Makkasan about 150 rai and the land area of Sriracha Station, 25 rai, yield approximately 52,000 million baht, and later there is an area from the newly sprouted project which the state By train Must be expropriated and delivered to the private sector immediately after the signing of the contract, approximately 3,571 rai (the area to be used in the project in the amount of 4,300 rai) from the amount of land to be delivered has increased significantly and no compensation from the land has been calculated Anyhow increase Which, of course, is unfair to the State Railway of Thailand and
Later, efforts were made to expedite the signing of the contract, although the project has many problems, such as overlapping areas with the Red Line suburb project. To solve the problem of the community of invaders Regarding the termination of the lease in the area more than 300 contracts on the relocation of public utility systems in the area of 6 agencies such as electricity, water supply, telephone, which may take time to relocate and not yet know that the relevant departments have prepared the budget or not All of which are obstacles and problems that cannot be predicted to be successful or not. How long does it take to compare with other projects, including the railway project itself which has a dispute with Hopewell Company? The Airport Rail Link project, which has a high value, originally came from the root of the problem is the delivery of the area in time.
Therefore, from various conditions Which is still unable to reach a conclusion and will continue to accelerate the signing of the contract first and solve the problem later, which the State Railway of Thailand Workers Union (SRT) does not agree and has concerns and concerns about the issue Proposed as follows 1. The person of the state and the relevant railroad that will sign the contract if there is a mistake in the future, there are many cases to study that the liability will occur only to the person who signed it. 2. Once the contract has been signed, if the government is unable to comply with the contract It will be the reason for the private concessionaires to file a claim for damages from the state (foolish fees) as occurred from many government agencies' projects. The damages, if paid, were all from the people's taxes.
3. The SRT confirms the original proposal, that before signing the contract, the contract must be disclosed to the public because it is a large project that the government has invested more than 50% in the budget. Over 4,000 rai of government land and the Airport Rail Link project to the concessionaire at a very low price for private concessionaires, and 4. SRT has confirmed the original proposal for the government to Philadelphia is considering such a project if the project itself is probably more useful. Without worrying about disputes and the same route with the Eastern Railway from Chachoengsao to the end of Sattahip, just by doing a double route and expanding into the airport. Cochin will save money, not burden the budget for the state.
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