Deputy Transport Minister Prasert Chanruangthong is asking the cabinet for a miserly B64 billion check to build a swanky new 196km highway from Bangkok to Nakhon Ratchasima. (This has clearly got nothing to do with thanking Northeastern voters for their Pheu Thai loyalties, or making sure they can get to Bangkok quicker, you know, just in case.) Don’t worry there’s no rush to get that second home in the country as the project would take four years to complete if and when it gets approved. Don’t own a car? Also in the pipeline are some double-track and high-speed train projects to the region.