Dhaka Elevated Expressway
Dhaka Elevated Expressway is Bangladesh's first elevated expressway project,[1] which will connect the Shahjalal airport with Kutubkhali via Mohakhali, Tejgaon, and Kamalapur of Dhaka, Bangladesh.[2] It is one of the largest infrastructure projects taken up by the incumbent government to ease traffic congestion in the capital.[3] It will be 46.73 km (153,300 ft) [4] long including the connecting roads and will cost around ৳122 billion (US$1.3 billion).[2]
| Dhaka Elevated Expressway | |
|---|---|
 Dhaka Elevated Expressway under construction. 15 January 2022 | |
| Route information | |
| Length | 46.73 km (29.04 mi) |
| Status | Under construction |
| Location | |
| Country | Bangladesh |
| Highway system | |
Contracts for the expressway
The Italian-Thai Development Corporation Limited has entered a $1.062 billion[1] contract with China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC) for building the Dhaka Elevated Expressway.[2]
Developments
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated construction of the 21 km expressway on April 30, 2011, with a hope that it will be completed in three and a half years.[2] However, it has not been completed as of 2022. It is expected that the project might be completed by late 2023 (might be delayed to 2024 or even later because of the COVID-19 Global Pandemic)
Controversy
References
- "Elevated expressway work starting this month: Quader".
- "Dhaka Elevated Expressway PPP Project". Archived from the original on 2015-01-21.
- "Dhaka Expressway: Now Chinese firm on the scene".
- "Dhaka Elevated Expressway PPP Project | Bangladesh Bridge Authority". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2016-02-01.