Southern airport project nears take-off
Goal is safe transport to and from Betong
- Published: 18 Mar 2013 at 00.00
- Newspaper section: Business
The long-pending plan to build a new airport in the restive southernmost city of Betong has come closer to reality.
The Civil Aviation Department has nearly overcome the hurdle preventing the construction of the 1.3-billion-baht facility in Yala province from getting off the ground _ the acquisition of 920 rai of land.
Some 90% of the required plot for the state-funded airport has been obtained following painstaking negotiations with landlords, some of whom are villagers opposed to the project.
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