WIDER ROAD Authorities prepare to construct highway The construction of a wider highway connecting tak and Mukdahan is talking shape as part of a plan to bolster transport and businesses in two key border provinces authorities said on July 9 Authorities expect to call in the bids this October making preparations for the traffic lane expansion of the last section of the 777 kilometre tak to Mukdahan highway this would complete the plan to build an East-West Corridor linking the two Special Economic Zones said Highways Department chief Thanin Sombun.