The ADB’s funds will be used to improve the 190km section from Elenga through Hatikurul to Rangpur, strengthen road operations and management and for further work on issues of road safety and gender responsiveness. The total cost of the international road trade corridor project is $1.67 billion, the remaining $472.6 million of which will be financed by the government. Photo: Bangladesh governmentThe ADB will also provide a $2 million technical assistance grant to support the government’s update of its Road Master Plan between January 2018 and December 2023. The ADB supported South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation, or SASEC, has invested in 31 transport projects worth $7.3 billion. The ADB partnered with the Bangladesh government on the Dhaka-northwest corridor in 1994.

Source: bd News24 October 25, 2017 04:18 UTC