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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| Department overview | |
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| Formed | 3 October 2002 |
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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
editThe 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
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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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