Easing traffic jam at Science Lab intersection
Commuters have to endure continuous traffic congestion at Science Lab intersection of Dhaka. Shahbagh bound vehicles coming from Jhigatola have to take a u-turn in front of City College since there is no straight road. This is the major reason of traffic congestion here. Passenger busses need more space to make a u-turn. So for providing the free space Mirpur bound vehicles are barred from accessing the left lane in front of City College. Again Shahbagh bound vehicles coming from Mirpur have to wait a long time in the signal. Thus severe traffic jam arises there.
But if only a 50- foot straight road in the south of Pubali Bank is constructed, suffering of thousands of commuters could be eased. A branch of Pubali Bank stands in the south of BCSIR. South of Pubali Bank stands a one-storied building and some tin-sheds within the boundary. City Corporation can acquire the rarely utilised land on Pubali Bank's south. They can knock down the unfortified structures there and construct only 40 to 50-foot straight road to lead the vehicles to Shahbagh from the side of the City College. Then the vehicles will not need to take a U-turn, rather they will move on a straight way. If this plan is taken up, I firmly believe that severe traffic jam at this place will be eased. I urge the City Corporation to consider the suggestion.
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