The headline in the Bangkokpost yesterday, May 29th, was actually already known in 2015 ...
Already in October 2015 we reported, that around 20 rai (32.000m²) of the area planned for the airport is in the Than Sadet National Park. The construction work was stopped almost 1,5 years ago in order to “to examine the situation more closely. "
The preliminary result is now that even 40 Rai touch the national park area and there are invalid (or fake?) land title deeds for other areas of the site. The whole thing was now on the Department of Special Investigation handed over to “to examine the situation more closely. "
Airport Koh Phangan 2017 update
Finally, there is hardly anything newest, at most, that the Koh Phangan airport a little bit more less possible has become.
However, the authorities are also investigating other construction projects or interventions in the protected areas of the island, which together make up over 50% of the total area of Koh Phangan. Not only in Haad Rin were Checks carried out and demolitions arranged also in Haad Yuan is looked again closer.
It is well known that not everything was built legally to one hundred percent here. The investigation has now revealed that eight resorts are said to have built in the forest reserve. In addition, an area of 300 Rai in this bay has been cleared and offered for sale.
What the exact consequences will be here remains to be seen, especially since it can be ruled out that the relevant authorities were not also involved ...
