The cabinet approved full funding of 106.7 billion baht for three southern double-track projects: Chumphon-Surat Thani (36.9bn, 7 years), Surat Thani-Hat Yai Junction (61.5bn, 8 years) and Hat Yai-Padang Besar (8.4bn, 6 years). Costs were revised up for higher construction, materials and diesel prices, partly due to the Middle East conflict. Construction on Hat Yai-Songkhla is delayed until encroachment issues are resolved. Three other projects (Paknam Pho-Den Chai, Den Chai-Chiang Mai, Chira-Ubon Ratchathani) were only approved in principle and need feasibility and business plan reviews. For southern SMEs this is a long-horizon infrastructure signal: plan for construction-related demand and logistics changes over the next six to eight years, not this quarter.