The proposed Land Bridge project must be guided by scientific principles and environmental safeguards to ensure it delivers public benefits while protecting natural resources, says the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.
Raweewan Bhuridej, the ministry's permanent secretary and chairwoman of the sub-committee on environmental impact assessment for the project, said science-based measures are needed to ensure the scheme can proceed alongside the conservation of natural resources.
She was speaking while leading sub-committee members on a two-day inspection of the proposed project area in Ranong and Chumphon to gather first-hand information for the environmental impact assessment (EIA) of the transport project linking the Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Sea.
