Koh Lanta Bridge, Koh Lanta Bridge Construction Project

We wrote an article several years ago and i recall feeling that the then estimated number of tourist arrivals to the island was inflated at 300000 people per year.

Koh lanta topito les 4 terres. The new 15km bridge is to stretch from hua hin pier on the mainland to klong maak pier on lanta noi. View details history culture. Now we read in the phuket gazette that a second bridge to connect the lanta islands to the krabi mainland is required due to the 5 million people that currently use the ferries every year.

3477 likes 166 talking about this 29927 were here. The crossing will facilitate the approximately five million tourists visiting the island annually who currently have to rely on ferry boat. Construction of a bridge linking koh lanta with the mainland in krabi has been approved by the central government it was announced last week.

For now travellers to koh lanta have to take two sets of car ferries between the islands and mainland which has been a strong deterrent to development which. The new 15km bridge is to stretch from hua hin pier on the mainland to klong maak pier on lanta noi. The width of a bridge is 11 m for 2 traffic lanes and total length is 650 m.

Time from krabi airport to koh lanta should be around four hours but it always manages to take longer. New bridge to koh lanta approved new bridge to koh lanta approved krabi. Bridge construction between ko lanta noi and ko lanta yai august 2015 the district approximately 70 km from krabi town consists of three major islands.

Lanta is about 25 kilometres long by 3 kilometres wide with a mountain range in. The first ko klang is separated from the mainland by a small river klong and road bridge and is often mistakenly thought of as part of mainland krabi province. Koh lanta bridge update by koh lanta property management.

For more details choose one of the categories below beaches areas. Construction of a bridge linking koh lanta with the mainland in krabi has been approved by the central government it was announced last week. Your minivan will take a ferry to koh lanta noi then cross the new bridge to koh lanta yai.

Information about lantas main beach and areas on the west and east coast of the island. Getting to koh lanta became a little easier in april 2016 when the long awaited bridge to connect lanta yai and lanta noi was finally finished. About 500 years ago the first settlers arrived on the eastern shores of koh lanta.

The project aims to shorten travelling time for locals and tourists between 2 islands by constructing a bridge connecting koh lanta noi and koh lanta yai. View details geography climate. Daily boats connect the island with the mainland at krabi during high season between november and april.

A key development in recent years to koh lanta is the approval and construction of the bridge between lanta yai and lanta noi.