Ecnec, chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has given green signal to a massive road expansion programme titled “SASEC Road Link Project II: Elenga-Hatikamrul-Rangpur Highway Four-Lane Upgradation.”The government has estimated the construction cost of the 194.40km-long road at Tk11,881.13 crore. The other six projects are Dhaka-Chittagong highway and construction of the Padma Bridge and its immediate approach roads, new four-lane Kanchpur, Meghna and Gumti bridges, four-lane road between Benapole and the proposed Padma Bridge 2, four-lane Dhaka (Kanchpur)-Narsingdi-Sarail-Tamabil highway, and four-lane Baraierhat-Heako-Ramgarh highway. He said the SASEC Road Connectivity Project is already underway as the 70km Joydevpur-Tangail-Elenga highway is being upgraded to four lanes. Under the project, the government will convert existing two lane highway into four-lane to establish a better road communication with SASEC corridors 4 and 9, Asian Highway 2, BIMSTEC 2, and Saarc Corridor 4. The highway would be upgraded through Kalihati upazila of Tangail, Sirajganj Sadar, Kamarkhand, Ullapara, Raiganj upazilas, Bogra Sadar, Sherpur, Shibganj upazilas, Gobindaganj, Polashbari, Sadullapur upazilas of Gaibandha, Rangpur Sadar, Pirganj and Mithapukur upazilas.

Source: Dhaka Tribune September 06, 2016 19:18 UTC