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$1.4 billion).[2]

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 2020.

References
  1. "Elevated expressway work starting this month: Quader".
  2. "Dhaka Elevated Expressway PPP Project". Archived from the original on 2015-01-21.
  3. "Dhaka Expressway: Now Chinese firm on the scene".
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2016-02-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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