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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.

His panel would propose that the council issue a royal decree to set the price for land expropriation.

This would provide justice for both affected residents and those who had to pay the compensation.

The panel would later call a meeting with representatives of the various agencies, including the Airports of Thailand (AOT) and the Pollution Control Department, to discuss aircraft noise and land expropriation.

Thakoengsak Phetsuwan, of the Pollution Control Department, said that since the department set up noise-measuring stations at 13 locations around the airport in September, complaints about aircraft noise had flooded in.

Many villages were found to be suffering from aircraft noise.

He said residents who were severely affected would receive compensation from AOT, as earlier resolved by the cabinet.

AOT would buy their property or improve the existing houses to make them noise-proof, he said.

A decree would need royal endorsement to have legal effect.



Suvarnabhumi Aerotropolis plan would have pros and cons

Friday, November 3rd, 2006

Plans to create a so-called aerotropolis around Suvarnabhumi Airport, now put on hold by the interim government, would help the country’s economy but hurt the environment, developers say. Problems would arise with water drainage and general living conditions in the area surrounding the airport city, they said.

The aerotropolis plan had “pros and cons. Everything has a trade-off,” said Teerachon Manomaiphibul, deputy managing director of the listed developer Property Perfect Plc..

“If we’re ready in terms of finance, the plan will accelerate development in the area. And development will not limit only the area linking the airport and Bangkok or Pattaya, but it will expand in all directions. However, the development needs a huge investment and the vast area would block the water flow.” he said.

An aerotropolis is typically located near a seaport, but the closest one to Suvarnabhumi Airport is not big enough. Laem Chabang, located 130 kilometres from Bangkok in Chon Buri province, is too far. The geography was also a weakness as the area was basically a water basin, said Mr Teerachon, a former deputy Bangkok governor.

If the aerotropolis plan to have a commercial area is cancelled, the area surrounding it would be liveable.

Those who will possibly get hurt from the cancellation will be land owners with many plots in an area earlier designated within the plan.

Issara Boonyoung, an adviser to the Real Estate Developers Association of Samut Sakhon (REDAS), said the cancellation of the Suvarnabhumi aerotropolis plan would have less impact to property development in the area, as the aerotropolis was all about area management and administration.

The area surrounding the new airport would grow faster than Don Muang as air transport became more popular than in the past, he said, adding that Samut Sakhon would inevitably feel a positive impact from the new airport due to better access.He said the property market in Samut Sakhon, southwest of Bangkok, would do better next year than in the first half of 2006 due to stable politics, a downward trend in oil prices and stable interest rates.

“The property trend in Samut Sakhon is in line with the country’s economy. But the overall market situation in the province is better than in Bangkok,” said Mr Issara, who is also the managing director of Kanda Property, the residential developer in Samut Sakhon.

Supporting the property market are the completion of Rama II Road in western Bangkok, the opening of the Industrial Ring Road, the expansion of Ekachai-Bang Bon Road and the expansion of Rama II Road, which now stretches to Wang Manao in Ratchaburi, from six to 12 lanes.

During the first nine months of the year, the number of new housing units in the province totalled 4,000, worth a combined 12 billion baht. It had an absorption rate of 10% a month, higher than the rate in Bangkok.

The number of newly registered houses in the province from 1998 to 2005 was also the largest in the country, said Mr Issara.

REDAS, set up last year, plans to hold a Samut Sakhon land and house fair from Nov 17-19 at Ekachai Hospital, where more than 30 developers in the province will introduce in excess of 2,000 housing units. Sales of 500 million baht are expected from the fair.  (Bkk Post)



AOT helps communities affected by noise pollution

Friday, October 6th, 2006

Airports of Thailand (AOT) yesterday (October 5, 2006) agreed to spend its emergency funds to help residents severely affected by noise pollution from Suvarnabhumi airport. Later this month AoT is to conclude its compensation plan that should include the expropriation of nearly 200 houses.

The board decided to release the funds to help the people in Samut Prakan’s Bang Phli district. Their homes are situated in Rom Klao area on the northwest and north of the airport. They include Romruedee, Suk Village, Saranvong and Suk Ville 4 estates.

AOT president Chotisak Asapaviriya said the emergency fund spending would be an immediate solution and the agency would follow recommendations in a study by the National Institute of Development Administration (Nida), to be forwarded to AOT on Oct 20.

Aviation Department chief Chaisak Angkhasuwan was supervising the assistance and AoT has paid close attention to the noise pollution and relief measures, Mr Chotisak confirmed.

Mr Chaisak said he would conclude the assistance within a week after receiving the Nida study and that properties where the noise exceeded the standard level of 70 decibels would be expropriated. According to AoT sources, that will equate to 179 houses. In addition, 406 houses face noise levels of 65 to 70 decibels and 2,449 houses are hearing 60 to 65 decibels, putting the overall number of properties facing noise pollution in excess of 3,000.

AOT staff are visiting affected properties to discuss assistance on a case-by-case basis. The emergency fund will pay for the repair of roofs broken by noise vibrations. Some temples also face damage.

Properties that face over 70 decibels and were built before 2001 will be expropriated. Those facing between 60 and 70 decibels will receive noise insulation and regular checks on the noise pollution.

Aeronautical Radio of Thailand, the agency responsible for air traffic control, has suggested the route of visiting aircraft be shifted towards the Gulf of Thailand to minimise the impact.

The AOT president confirmed the recommendation was received and considered it an effective solution.

AOT staff responsible for environmental issues are surveying affected areas. They have set up noise detectors north and south of Suvarnabhumi airport to gauge noise pollution. Surveyed areas include Romruedee housing estate and the Krirk Institute.

The measurements will continue 24 hours for three days. Landing aircraft now approach the airport from its northern side and those taking off soar southward.

Suvarnabhumi airport general manager Somchai Sawasdeepon said affected people would be certainly compensated and Nida’s study would set the standard of compensation for affected properties around any airport in the country.

King Mongkut’s Institute at Lat Krabang is also affected by landing planes and is seeking 214 million baht from AoT to modify classrooms and buildings.

Gen Surayud Chulanont, who chairs the university council, called on the airport agency to solve the institute’s problem on Sept 27, four days before he was announced as new prime minister.

The new airport, which replaced Don Muang from Sept 29, services almost 80 flights an hour at peak times. Officials are still working out the details of the compensation package.



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