Ministry wants to avoid conflict between traffic and other mega projects
Tuesday, 7 December 2010
FE Report
The Ministry of Communications has called a coordination meeting Tuesday with its agencies and other ministries to ensure smooth implementation of traffic related projects targeting avoidance of conflict with mega projects including the metro rail.
Officials said the meeting has been deemed necessary to avoid conflicts since the Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) has planned to construct four underpasses on Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue in the city. The metro rail project is also in the pipeline.
A study team under the Dhaka Transport Coordination Board (DTCB) proposed constructing the mass rapid transit (MRT) from Pallabi to Sayedabad, which is planned to cross through Rokeya Sarani-Farmgate-Shahbagh-Dhaka University-Syedabad areas.
But the DCC planned the underpasses from Shahbagh to Sonargaon intersections to help hundreds of thousands of vehicles avoid road crossings without signal intervention, which often causes traffic jam to spread in and around the area.
The officials said the underpasses are necessary to avoid four signal points within a short range, and the MRT mega project would not be hampered for those constructions helping smooth and speedy transportation of the highest number of commuters from the city's one corridor to another.
They said the meeting would try to ensure future scopes of construction work of the Dhaka elevated expressway (DEE) as it may go past Dhanmondi area and cross up to Savar through Sonargaon crossing in the future.
The cabinet in August approved the first route alignment of DEE from Shahjalal International Airport to Kutubkhali of Chittagong Highway crossing Kuril-Banani-Mohakhali-Tejgaon-Satrasta-Moghbazar-Kamalapur through Khilgaon-Golapbag-Kutubkhali areas.
The STP-suggested bus rapid transit (BRT), a dedicated route for sophisticated buses, is also likely to cross the same road costing millions of Taka. The officials said the meeting is also set to ensure coordination of other overpass projects planned around Hatirjheel development project area.
A study of Roads and Highways said there are at least 50 major intersections on the 25km road in the city coupled with six to eight lanes, which forces a vehicle to cross six intersections on a 2km road.
The Ministry of Communications has called a coordination meeting Tuesday with its agencies and other ministries to ensure smooth implementation of traffic related projects targeting avoidance of conflict with mega projects including the metro rail.
Officials said the meeting has been deemed necessary to avoid conflicts since the Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) has planned to construct four underpasses on Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue in the city. The metro rail project is also in the pipeline.
A study team under the Dhaka Transport Coordination Board (DTCB) proposed constructing the mass rapid transit (MRT) from Pallabi to Sayedabad, which is planned to cross through Rokeya Sarani-Farmgate-Shahbagh-Dhaka University-Syedabad areas.
But the DCC planned the underpasses from Shahbagh to Sonargaon intersections to help hundreds of thousands of vehicles avoid road crossings without signal intervention, which often causes traffic jam to spread in and around the area.
The officials said the underpasses are necessary to avoid four signal points within a short range, and the MRT mega project would not be hampered for those constructions helping smooth and speedy transportation of the highest number of commuters from the city's one corridor to another.
They said the meeting would try to ensure future scopes of construction work of the Dhaka elevated expressway (DEE) as it may go past Dhanmondi area and cross up to Savar through Sonargaon crossing in the future.
The cabinet in August approved the first route alignment of DEE from Shahjalal International Airport to Kutubkhali of Chittagong Highway crossing Kuril-Banani-Mohakhali-Tejgaon-Satrasta-Moghbazar-Kamalapur through Khilgaon-Golapbag-Kutubkhali areas.
The STP-suggested bus rapid transit (BRT), a dedicated route for sophisticated buses, is also likely to cross the same road costing millions of Taka. The officials said the meeting is also set to ensure coordination of other overpass projects planned around Hatirjheel development project area.
A study of Roads and Highways said there are at least 50 major intersections on the 25km road in the city coupled with six to eight lanes, which forces a vehicle to cross six intersections on a 2km road.