Bangkok’s Orange Line rail project has seen a court decision emerge in its favour. The Central Administrative Court announced its backing for the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA). The decision came in response to a lawsuit filed by Bangkok Mass Transit System Plc (BTSC).
In the legal dispute, BTSC accused the MRTA of unjustly altering the terms of reference (ToR) in a bid proposal put forth on May 24 of the previous year. They posited that the MRTA committee established with the responsibility of choosing a private co-investing partner for the Orange Line’s extension had modified the ToR to sway the results in favour of a particular bidder.
The court’s ruling, however, stated that the MRTA had abided strictly by public-private partnership investment law. Any modifications to the ToR were deemed rightful by the court, according…
