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Table 37: Transport
sector – Policy recommendations
Recommended Responsibility Intended Outcomes Responsibility
Recovery Actions
1
2
3
4
Develop and implement a
comprehensive hydraulic
model for the Chao Phraya
River Basin, including all of
its upstream catchment
areas, to take into account
potential climate change
impacts.
Undertake a hazard
mapping program for the
.Chao Phraya River Basin,
in conjunction with the
hydraulic model development.
Develop a strategic road
network program.
Adopt more flood resistant
road structures – concrete
pavements for example.
Government to appoint a A functioning and
high-level official, with authority effective model for the
and resources, to bring together behavior of the Chao
and direct the agencies Phraya River Basin, that
responsible for – or involved with (i) acquires, processes,
– the water sector, including the and transmits river basin
existing river basin authorities, information; and (ii) is a
where they exist.
resource to which all
developments in the
basin that may have
significant impacts on
hydraulic behavior are
required to refer.
As for the modeling recommendation
above.
related to, the hydraulic
In conjunction with and
model, a map for the
basin, each province,
each district, etc, that
defines a specific area’s
susceptibility to a defined
hazard.
Ministry of Transport, with road For a range of possible
sector agencies (EXAT, DOH, events, for example
DRR, etc).
floods of varying
frequencies, defined
portions of the network
that must be maintained
blockage free where
feasible to do so, and
other portions that may
be permitted to close.
Appropriate technical
approaches and
standards for each of
these two portions of the
network.
Ministry of Transport, with road Defined sections of the
sector agencies (EXAT, DOH, strategic network, and
DRR, etc).
other parts of the
network, that could be
reconstructed when
appropriate with concrete
pavements.
Within 2 years
Within 2 years
Within 1 year
Within 1 year
for defining
locations; over
time for
implementation
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