3 new flyovers to run thru' Gulshan, Dhanmondi areas
Monday, 7 June 2010
Munima Sultana
The government has dropped construction of almost all its proposed six flyovers in the city's busy roads, but added three others to ease traffic jam in and around the upscale Gulshan and Dhanmondi areas.
Officials said out of the proposed new flyovers, the first is being considered for construction starting from Mirpur bridge near Gabtoli to Panthapath crossing at Russel Square in Dhanmoni and two others over the Gulshan 1 and 2 signals.
The communications ministry agreed to the construction of the new flyovers during a coordination meeting at Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA) on Sunday and already asked the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) to design the plan.
The officials said the meeting directed the LGED to revive its flyover project taken in 2005 to ease traffic jam in and around the Moghbazar area as the previously taken flyovers at Moghbazar, Malibagh and Mouchak could not be implemented for various reasons.
The LGED was asked to continue its Moghbazar flyover upto Malibagh and Mouchak on one side and Sonargaon hotel on the other keeping consistency with the Hatirjheel project.
The meeting, which was called by the BBA to find any possible obstructions to implementing the Dhaka elevated expressway on the recently submitted new alignments, observed hardly any conflict for it with metro rail, dedicated bus service (bus rapid transit) and flyovers. The meeting agreed to review the four routes of the elevated expressway by the BBA expert committee to finalise the first alignement.
The BBA-appointed consultants submitted three alternative routes for elevated arteries in the city in May, as they found the government's proposed routes not feasible for construction.
The new expressway has been proposed over the rail track from Sayedabad to Uttara via Kamlapur rail station and Rampura Biswa Road.
The ministry had a plan to construct six flyovers over the rail crossing in Moghbazar, Banani, Jurain, Kuril, Malibagh and Sayedabad areas but faced hindrances like lack of road capacity, open space and funding in implementing those. Only Banani flyover and Kuril overpass have so far made progress for implementation.
Communications minister Syed Abul Hossain attended the meeting where representatives from LGED, Rajdhani Unnayan Kartipakha, Roads and Highways Department, Dhaka Transport Coordination Board, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology were present. Communications secretary Mozammel Haque Khan attended it.
The government has dropped construction of almost all its proposed six flyovers in the city's busy roads, but added three others to ease traffic jam in and around the upscale Gulshan and Dhanmondi areas.
Officials said out of the proposed new flyovers, the first is being considered for construction starting from Mirpur bridge near Gabtoli to Panthapath crossing at Russel Square in Dhanmoni and two others over the Gulshan 1 and 2 signals.
The communications ministry agreed to the construction of the new flyovers during a coordination meeting at Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA) on Sunday and already asked the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) to design the plan.
The officials said the meeting directed the LGED to revive its flyover project taken in 2005 to ease traffic jam in and around the Moghbazar area as the previously taken flyovers at Moghbazar, Malibagh and Mouchak could not be implemented for various reasons.
The LGED was asked to continue its Moghbazar flyover upto Malibagh and Mouchak on one side and Sonargaon hotel on the other keeping consistency with the Hatirjheel project.
The meeting, which was called by the BBA to find any possible obstructions to implementing the Dhaka elevated expressway on the recently submitted new alignments, observed hardly any conflict for it with metro rail, dedicated bus service (bus rapid transit) and flyovers. The meeting agreed to review the four routes of the elevated expressway by the BBA expert committee to finalise the first alignement.
The BBA-appointed consultants submitted three alternative routes for elevated arteries in the city in May, as they found the government's proposed routes not feasible for construction.
The new expressway has been proposed over the rail track from Sayedabad to Uttara via Kamlapur rail station and Rampura Biswa Road.
The ministry had a plan to construct six flyovers over the rail crossing in Moghbazar, Banani, Jurain, Kuril, Malibagh and Sayedabad areas but faced hindrances like lack of road capacity, open space and funding in implementing those. Only Banani flyover and Kuril overpass have so far made progress for implementation.
Communications minister Syed Abul Hossain attended the meeting where representatives from LGED, Rajdhani Unnayan Kartipakha, Roads and Highways Department, Dhaka Transport Coordination Board, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology were present. Communications secretary Mozammel Haque Khan attended it.