Department of Rural Roads (DRR) (Thai: กรมทางหลวงชนบท) is a department of the Thai government, under the Ministry of Transport. It maintains rural roads, under a different numbering scheme from national roads, which are managed by the Department of Highways (DOH), กรมทางหลวง, Krom Thang Luang).
กรมทางหลวงชนบท Krom Thang Luang Chonnabot | |
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Formed | 3 October 2002 |
Preceding Department |
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Headquarters | Bangkok, Thailand |
Annual budget | 46,077.7 million baht[1] |
Minister responsible |
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Parent Department | Ministry of Transport |
Website | drr |
Definition edit
The 1992 Highway Act (Thai: พระราชบัญญัติทางหลวง พ.ศ. 2535), revised as the 2006 Highway Act (Thai: พระราชบัญญัติทางหลวง (ฉบับที่ 2) พ.ศ. 2549), defines five highway types.[2]
A rural highway (Thai: ทางหลวงชนบท) or rural road is a highway which the Department of Rural Roads constructs and maintains. Registration of rural highways is overseen by the director general of the DRR.
Road numbering edit
Rural road signs are gold-on-blue, with a two-letter provincial designation prefixed to the road number. Depicted is YS4011, a rural road in Yasothon Province. The rural road network measures some 35,000 km, about 82% of which is paved.[3]
References edit
- ^ "งบประมาณรายจ่ายประจําปีงบประมาณ พ.ศ. ๒๕๕๙" [Annual Budget for Fiscal Year 2016] (PDF) (in Thai). Royal Thai Government Gazette. 25 September 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 15, 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
- ^ DOH website, ประเภททางหลวง, retrieved on November 13, 2008 Archived January 23, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Transport in Thailand". The World Bank. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
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