The public hearing on the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand's projects to build a coal-fired power plant and a bridge port for coal delivery in Songkhla's Thepha district continued for the second day on Tuesday without disruption.
The second day of the hearing, chaired by Pol Maj Gen Surin Palare, secretary-general of the Central Islamic Committee of Thailand, was attended by the local residents and representatives from various organisations.
Tuesday's hearing covered the project's coal-delivery pier and bridge, not the power plant itself, which was addressed Monday.
Security remained tight throughout the day. Unlike Monday, opponents of the project did not protest outside the venue, the Pak Bang tambon administration organisation office.
The bridge project calls for construction of a coal-delivery pier where coal will be unloaded from ships and sent via rail across a bridge to the power plant about three kilometres away.
The bridge will sit nine metre above the highest mean sea level to enable boats to sail underneath.
Egat representatives said pieces of coal that drop into the sea would not affect the ecosystem.
Somsak Srivareepipat, a representative for local fishermen, said the villagers do not oppose the project as long as there are measures to aid fishermen affected by the project over the long run.
Such measures include compensation for those who may have to relocate or end their fishing vocations.