A 4th bridge across the Mekong in two years

Thailand Het laatste Thailand nieuws
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Published: 27/05/2010 at 12:00 AM
Newspaper section: Horizons

Thailand and Laos have agreed to build a fourth bridge across the Mekong River to facilitate travel, trade and the movement of logistics between the two neighbours and beyond.

A barge ferrying trucks across the Mekong from Chiang Khong to Houay Xay on the Lao side. A new bridge is planned across the river. AFP

To be built at a cost of about 1.5 billion baht with funding from Thailand and China, the bridge, which is part of Asian Highway 3, will link Chiang Khong in Chiang Rai Province with Houay Xay in Bokeo Province, northwest Laos.

Construction is expected to completed in 2012. In the meantime Thailand and Laos will work out tax rates on cross-border traffic and movement of freight, though it is expected that rates now in force at their common border check points will apply.

*Bron: Bangkok Post / www.bangkokpost.com *

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Nieuwe brug Thailand-Laos

Er komt een 4e brug over de Mekong rivier tussen Chiang Kong in de provincie Chiang Rai in het noorden van Thailand en Houay Xay in Laos. Deze brug gaat deel uit maken van de Asian Highway 3, die Thailand met Laos maar ook met China gaat verbinden.

Naast Thailand draagt China eveneens bij aan het miljoenen kostende project. Volgens de planning gaat de brug in 2012 open.

*Bron: Thais Verkeersbureau / www.thaisverkeersbureau.nl *