AVIATION
Don Mueang getting ready for flood-prevention work
- Published: 28 May 2012 at 00.00
- Newspaper section: Business
Comprehensive work to prevent Don Mueang airport from flooding again looks set to get underway soon, with a completion date of two months, just ahead of seasonal runoff arriving from the North.
The state-controlled Airports of Thailand Plc (AoT) is about to sign an agreement with a contractor to carry out the 100-million-baht-plus undertaking, which includes erection of reinforced concrete floodwalls, said president Anirut Thanomkulbutra.
The fixed barrier, 3.85 metres high and 7.1 kilometres long, stretches from the northern front of Bangkok's old airport along Vibhavadi Rangsit Road to its southern side.
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