BMA wants MRT to take over remaining mass transit projects – Governor

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) wants the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRT) to take over the responsibility of investing in new mass transit infrastructure projects in Bangkok, said Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt on Thursday.

It is because the BMA has many other responsibilities to tend to, such as education, garbage disposal, cleanliness and improvement of the quality of life of people in the capital, the governor said.

He believed that the MRT is suitable for and capable of investing in new mass transit projects.

The projects, currently being studied and to be implemented by the BMA, include the Grey Line monorail train service between Watcharaphol and Thong Lor, the Blue Line light rail transit system between Bang Na and Suvarnabhumi International Airport and the extension of the Green Line from Bang Wa to Taling Chan.

All three projects are…