Thailand’s Pink Line monorail project faces third extension, delays completion to 2024

The completion date for Thailand‘s Pink Line monorail project has been pushed back by 345 days, marking the third extension granted by the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA). The new estimated finish date is now set for August 2024, as opposed to the previously anticipated July this year, Bangkok Post reported.

Sarawut Songsivilai, Highways Department director-general and MRTA board chairman, confirmed that the MRTA passed the extension approval for the first 34.5 kilometres of the line on Thursday. The contractor, Northern Bangkok Monorail (NBM), has attributed the need for a contract extension primarily to the Covid-19 pandemic.

This marks the third occasion that NBM has sought an extension from the MRTA. Initially, the project deadline was extended by a year, to complete construction by September 2022. However, NBM requested a second…