Cabinet gives green light to exempt expressway tolls during Songkran for a total of 7 days.

Ms. Traisulee Traisanakul, Deputy Spokesperson for the Prime Minister's Office, said: The Cabinet meeting (Cabinet) on April 4, 66, acknowledged the exemption of expressway tolls according to the announcement of the Ministry of Transport. For the Burapha Withi Expressway and the Kanchanaphisek Expressway (Bang Phli - Suksawat) during the Songkran Festival 2566 from 12 April 66 at 0.01:18 a.m. to 66 April 24.00 at 7:XNUMX a.m., a total of XNUMX day

This is in order to solve the problem of traffic congestion on the expressway. and facilitate travel for the people during the Songkran festival And this matter has been approved by the Expressway Authority of Thailand Board (EXAT Board). The Ministry of Transport has estimated that throughout the 7 days above, there will be a total of 2,578,394 expressway traffic, an average of 368,342 cars per day, total. It is an income that EXAT did not collect payment for all 7 days, totaling 105.22 million baht.

However, there will be expected benefits in terms of expenses from using the car. And saving travel time is worth a total of 123.98 million baht, separated into benefits received from the exemption of 51.19 million baht from the Burapha Withi Expressway and from the Kanchanaphisek Expressway. (Bang Phli-Suksawat) 72.79 million baht