MoC Deputy Minister examines construction of roads, bridges

Deputy Minister U Win Pe of the Ministry of Construction and officials inspected the Monghsat City Road (Airport Circle Road), an asphalt road, and other roads which were to repave with asphalt concrete, on the morning of 19 July. The deputy minister also urged respective departments to manage the land compensation fees for the extension of 1,000 feet long section into the ranway of Monghsat Airport as per related rules and regulations.
Afterwards, Director U Ye Lin (Civil) of the Department of Highways, Shan State (East) presented the road and bridge construction projects that were planned to implement in the 2022-2023 financial year, after the arrival of the deputy minister and party, at the Loisamson Road Camp on Monghsat-Tachilek Road. The deputy minister directed the responsible personnel to plan and execute the following tasks by category: paving the 5.5-metre long concrete road, expanding the blind spots of the road, repairing the main road with laterite, constructing the gravel-filled drain, mending the road shoulders with concrete, building the box culvert and planting guard post and direction boards.
Later, the deputy minister inspected the Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge-I and the Meiktila-Taunggyi-Kengtung-Tachilek Road (Tachilek City Road), which is being carried out under the BOT system, in Tachilek Township. — MNA