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Airport of Thailand estimates B120 billion for noise compensation

Thursday, March 15th, 2007

Airports of Thailand will need government money to buy out residents withering under the onslaught of aircraft noise from nearby Suvarnabhumi airport, with total compensation payments estimated at 121.5 billion baht.

The company has completed its estimates of compensation for owners of property to the north and south of the eastern and western runways, an Airports of Thailand (AOT) source said yesterday.

About one billion baht will be offered to schools, hospitals, government agencies and public places around the new Bangkok airport.

The rest will go to owners of private property suffering from the noise.




Meeting will be held to follow up problems at Suvarnabhumi Airport

Wednesday, March 14th, 2007

The Ministry of Transport decides to hold talks on problems of the Suvarnabhumi Airport every two weeks after the renovation of impaired runways and taxiways has shown little progress.

Deputy Minister of Transport Sansern Wongcha-um says the renovation of the runways and taxiways is the most urgent issue of the new Bangkok airport. Other problems to be discussed during the meeting every fortnight concern the passenger building, cargoes, and  internal logistic system.
Ministry’s meeting with the Airports of Thailand (AOT) on March 14th will focus on accelerating amendments to the investment plan of the Suvarnabhumi Airport. As for residents affected by aircraft’s noise, the National Economic and Social Development Board has approved a budget of 390 million baht to compensate them.




Councillor to help residents near Suvarnabhumi with more appropriate land prices

Monday, March 12th, 2007

The City Council will be asked to issue a royal decree to regulate the price of land expropriated near Suvarnabhumi airport.

A survey found many residents suffering from aircraft noise were demanding high compensation for having to move out of Suvarnabhumi areas.

Peerakorn Veerakulsunthorn, a Democrat from Chom Thong district who sits on the council panel coordinating problem-solving at the airport, said about 1,200 families were affected and faced expropriation of their land near the new Bangkok Airport.

Most of them wanted high compensation. They were demanding as much as 12,000 baht a square metre for their land.




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