Khairul Alam: The Dhaka Elevated Expressway will be inaugurated on 2 September. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate a part of this elevated expressway built in the country’s first public-private partnership.
This decision was taken in the meeting of the Central Executive Committee of the Awami League on Saturday (August 12) night.
Several leaders who attended the meeting said that the Dhaka Elevated Expressway section (from the airport to Tejgaon) would be inaugurated on 2 September. To mark the inauguration, the ruling Awami League will hold a large public meeting in the capital that day.
That’s why the public meeting to be held in Sylhet on 2 September has been postponed. He is also scheduled to leave for South Africa on an official tour that day. This meeting will be held in next October.
At that time, the president of the Awami League would hold public meetings in Khulna and Comilla. After this he will rally in some other important districts.
If the first phase of the expressway from Kaola to Tejgaon is opened in the capital, the traffic congestion will be reduced to a great extent, feel the city dwellers. Meanwhile, the construction of this part has been completed 98 percent. All the important engineering works are in the final stages.
It is reported that the Dhaka Elevated Expressway will run from Kawla south of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport to kutubkhali area of Dhaka-Chittagong Highway via Kuril-Banani-Mahakhali-Tejgaon-Mogbazar-Kamalapur-Syedabad-Jatrabari.
If the project is fully implemented, traffic congestion in Dhaka city will be significantly reduced and travel time and cost will be reduced. The Main Elevated Expressway is 19.73 km.
The project has 31 ramps for embarkation and disembarkation with a total length of 27 km. The total length of the elevated expressway including ramps is 46.73 km which is done by PPP.