Thailand needs emergency repairs to tackl storm damaged roads

Thailand is spending heavily to repair storm-damaged road and bridge links.
October 9, 2019 Read time: 1 min

Thailand is spending heavily to repair storm-damaged road and bridge links. The Ministry of Transport has set a budget of US$69.5 million to repair damage caused by the Kajiki storm that hit the country in early September 2019. In all 218 infrastructure improvement works are required across 24 provinces in the North and Northeast of the country.

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