Leading court backs MRTA in Orange Line disagreement

Lower court judgment that backed skytrain operator’s grievance of unreasonable treatment reversed released : 30 Mar 2023 at 20: 14 Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob, left, listens to a instruction on the development of the Orange Line eastern extension in March2020 (Bangkok Post File Photo) The Supreme Administrative Court hasactually reversed a lower court judgment in a conflict over bidding for the building of the Orange Line’s western extension, which might enable the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) to continue with the task. The building of the western extension, which will link the Thailand Cultural Centre with Bang Khun Non, is presently stalled by disagreements over the bidding procedure and grievances about declared abnormalities. In July 2020, the MRTA welcomed business interested in structure the western extension to send quotes. However, in February of the following year, the committee supervising the job ditched the tender and called for a brand-new round of bidding with brand-new requirements, after the
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