Lake Road to come under speed limit

Authorities will set speed limit for vehicles on Lake Road, which passes through Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban and Crescent Lake at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, to stop rough driving on the VIP road. 

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) gave the proposal and Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) will set the limit at 40 kilometres "soon", officials said.

"We agreed on principle to set speed limit at 40km. We will take the final decision after talking with Public Works Department, which has constructed the road," said BRTA Chairperson Nur Mohammad Mazumder.

DMP on August 22 gave a proposal to restrict speed after incidents of road crashes and rough driving were reported recently, said BRTA Director (Road Safety) Mahbub-E-Rabbani.

A meeting over the proposal was held on Thursday, presided over by the BRTA chairperson.

The road, around 1.4 km, starts from south-west end's boundary of Gono Bhaban to north-east end's boundary of Jatiya Sangsad.