Some of the worst and costliest boondoggles, clockwise from top left: Klong Dan wastewater treatment plant, the army non-flying airship, fake bomb detectors, homes for the judiciary on Doi Suthep, and the Bestlin bus bust by Bangkok City Hall. Several state projects which have failed to materialise over the past three de­cades, initiated by a series of governments, have cost almost a hundred billion baht of taxpayers' money. Meanwhile, the fate of some projects now under way still hangs in the balance. While the decision defused growing discontent from residents about the former national park land, the public still recoiled at the thought of the government planning to spend more taxpayer's money on a new housing project for the judges. The project was nearly complete when the regime pulled the plug.

Source: Bangkok Post May 14, 2018 01:07 UTC