Construction of 18 infrastructure projects worth 724 billion baht announced for 2018 is expected to boost investment this year. Wichayayuth Boonchit, deputy secretary-general of the NESDB, said 13 projects worth 696.54 billion baht are being proposed to the cabinet. There are 12 projects, worth a cumulative 542.9 billion baht, being proposed to the committee on public-private partnership (PPP). In 2017, there were 642 billion baht worth of applications, up 22.4% from the same period in 2016. Applications in the first quarter this year totalled 203.6 billion baht, up 228.5% from the same period last year.

Source: Bangkok Post May 27, 2018 23:37 UTC