Move to Ease Gridlock on Chittagong Roads
Delay in project approval slows down efforts
Approval of six development projects have been put on hold at the planning commission for months slowing down efforts for upgrading road communications of the port city.
The government responded to the projects, taken by Chittagong Development Authority (CDA), to ease acute gridlock and ensure smooth movement of vehicles on the city roads approving few of them, including construction of five flyovers.
The projects involving Tk 578 crore have been lying at the planning commission for four to six months keeping pace with increasing volume of traffic.
The projects include construction of Bakolia Access Road to link up Siraj-Ud-Doula Road with Shah Amanat Bridge Connecting Road, development and expansion of Pathantuli Road, Sagorika Road, Hathazari Road from Oli Khan Mosque to Muradpur intersections, Dhaka Trunk Road from Dewanhat to Olonkor intersections and DC Road from Didar market to Dhaniarpoll.
All these projects have been approved from the housing and public works ministry after duly passed and forwarded by CDA.
The Tk 59 crore Kadamtali Flyover approved by Ecnec on July 13 this year has also been submitted to the planning commission after required changes made by CDA. The project is also lying at the planning commission for approval till date.
About the projects, CDA Chairman Abdus Salam said CDA got ten projects, including five flyover projects involving Tk 342 crore, approved in last one and a half year to develop the city's road communications.
The amount of sanctioned money for the projects is the highest in the 50-year history of CDA, he added.
Bahodderhat flyover project is now awaiting the cabinet purchase committee's nod to start construction while consultants have been appointed for making detailed design of three other projects for constructing flyovers at Muradpur, Sholoshahar Gate No 2 and GEC Intersection, said the CDA chairman.
Shafiqual Islam, senior assistant commissioner of the planning commission, said the projects are on way of approval. Hopefully these projects will get nod from the planning commission shortly, as there is no major obstacle on its way.
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