The erected pillars of the Dhaka Elevated Expressway. The photo was taken on Friday, January 29, 2021 Syed Zakir Hossain/Dhaka TribuneFlagged off in 2011, the Dhaka Elevated Expressway project was conceived around the same time as the Padma BridgeImagine travelling from Motijheel to Uttara in 20 minutes in peak rush hour. But, that would have been a reality by now had the Dhaka Elevated Expressway, the country’s maiden public-private partnership project, stuck to its time frame. The new deadline was 2021, but for the pandemic, it was pushed to the end of 2022, making it the most protracted project of the government. There were also modifications in its routes, all of which delayed the project by seven years.

Source: Dhaka Tribune January 29, 2021 17:48 UTC