Boom

Just about anywhere you drive within Sakon City or the surrounding area, you are bound to see new building construction and renovations.

A number of recently opened home improvement centers, and more on the way, suggest that the building boom in this area is picking up momentum.

Much of the construction Boom is in anticipation of the increased traffic expected with the completion of the Asian Highway AH15.

AH15 is a highway widening project of the presently known Thailand Highway 22, which originates in Udon Thani and ends in Nakhon Phanom.

The recently opened (Nov 11, 2011) Nakhon Phanom Bridge is part of the AH15 project.
The highway will traverse through Laos and end in Vinh, Vietnam.

Judging the progress of construction to date, completion of AH15 is still some years in the future.

With the construction boom there are also a number of rumors flourishing.
One such rumor is the construction of a major shopping center in the area.

Opinion:
Most likely it's still in someones dream stage.
Any such a planned construction project would be trumpeted by government agencies, contractors, and heralded in the local media, long before the first bulldozer arrives.


There's probably a spark of truth to the rumor, but I don't see the flame!