Largest flyover in city by 2013
The government will build an 8.25-kilometer long flyover in Dhaka in the next three years to ease the ever-worsening traffic congestions in the capital.
A meeting of the Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) with Prime Minister Sheikh in the chair yesterday approved the project of Tk 773 crore.
The meeting, held at NEC Bhaban in the city, also approved 11 more projects in different areas, which would cost Tk 4,369 crore in all, including the flyover project.
Of the amount, Tk 2,347 crore will come from project aid when the government will arrange the rest amount of Tk 2,022 crore from international sources.
"The flyover will be built from Satrasta to Shantinagar via Moghbazar, Mauchak, and Malibagh," Planning Minister Air Vice-Marshal (retd) AK Khandakar told journalists after the meeting.
He said part of the flyover would be two-storeyed to accommodate more traffic during peak hours of the day.
The minister said the development partners, including Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) and Organisations of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), would provide the major portion of the fund to construct the flyover.
He said the department concerned would invite the bidding for the flyover, which would be built by 2013 under the supervision of the local government.
The 11 other projects include infrastructure development for Aila-affected people, rural infrastructure development in rural areas, development of greater Jessore district, shoal development and resettlement, development of eight-lane Jatrabari-Kanchpur road and extension and development of Dhaka Trunk Road.
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