32km Joydevpur-N'ganj expressway to ease city traffic congestion
Sunday, 25 April 2010
FE Report
The construction of the much-awaited Joydevpur-Narayanganj 32km-long elevated expressway will significantly ease traffic congestions in the city, Communications Minister Syed Abul Hossain said.
The ministry has already shortlisted four bidders out of nine, following a pre-qualification bid, the minister said while addressing a seminar in the capital.
"We are now ready to go for the final bid," he said.
He was addressing as chief guest a seminar on current traffic situation in the capital, organised by the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT), titled 'Traffic Congestions in Dhaka City: Challenges and Options.'
The communications ministry on November 18, 2009 embarked on the US$2-billion elevated expressway project.
The ministry has appointed a New Zealand-based consultancy firm to study the feasibility of the mega project. The firm is expected to submit the report by June this year, the minister added.
"Starting the project without any loss of time, we expect to finish the project by the end of the present government tenure," he said adding that the implementation would significantly ease traffic congestions in the city.
Presided over by CILT president Syed Rezaul Hayat, executive chairman (minister) of Board of Investment SG Syed A Samad also attended the seminar as special guest.
The construction of the much-awaited Joydevpur-Narayanganj 32km-long elevated expressway will significantly ease traffic congestions in the city, Communications Minister Syed Abul Hossain said.
The ministry has already shortlisted four bidders out of nine, following a pre-qualification bid, the minister said while addressing a seminar in the capital.
"We are now ready to go for the final bid," he said.
He was addressing as chief guest a seminar on current traffic situation in the capital, organised by the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT), titled 'Traffic Congestions in Dhaka City: Challenges and Options.'
The communications ministry on November 18, 2009 embarked on the US$2-billion elevated expressway project.
The ministry has appointed a New Zealand-based consultancy firm to study the feasibility of the mega project. The firm is expected to submit the report by June this year, the minister added.
"Starting the project without any loss of time, we expect to finish the project by the end of the present government tenure," he said adding that the implementation would significantly ease traffic congestions in the city.
Presided over by CILT president Syed Rezaul Hayat, executive chairman (minister) of Board of Investment SG Syed A Samad also attended the seminar as special guest.