A public-private partnership committee has given the green light to the Highways Department to open bidding for the construction of rest areas on the M6 and M81 motorways, worth 15.9 billion baht, and the operation and maintenance (O&M) co-investment of the M82 Motorway.
Sarawut Songsiwilai, director-general of the Department of Highways, said the committee issued a resolution allowing private companies to develop and run the rest stops along the M6 from Bang Pa-in district in Ayutthaya to Nakhon Ratchasima and the M81 from Bang Yai district of Nonthaburi to Kanchanaburi.
The committee will grant a 32-year operation and maintenance contract to private companies who will be responsible for rest stop construction and maintenance during the concession, said Mr Sarawut.
