Exclusive Chattogram City Outer Ring Road Project

The Chittagong City Outer Ring Road which is a four lane coastal road will be inaugurated for vehicular traffic in March 2019. The construction work of the project is going on in full swing. The traffic congestion of Chattogram City will decrease after completion of the coastal road which is around 30 meters high of sea level, from Patenga to Sagrika Stadium. This outer ring road will protect the city from natural disasters such as cyclone. It will also attract lots of tourists. Chittagong Development Authority (CDA) is implementing the whole project.

The cost of the 15.7 kilometer long outer ring road is BDT 2,424 Crores. The Bangladesh government is paying BDT 1,720 Crore and Japan's donor JICA is paying the rest BDT 706 Crore. CDA Chairman Abdus Salam said, "The traffic congestion of the city will reduce a lot after completion of the Chattogram city Outer Ring Road project." This road can be used as an alternative for going to Chittagong seaport and airport. The project director of City Outer Ring Road, Kazi Hasan Bin Shams, said, "The carpeting work of eight kilometers of the whole road-work is already finished. The approximate time of the Road traffic to be open is on month of March 2019.

The duration of completion for the work has set to end before 2020 but it will open early. The outer ring road of Chittagong is an inevitable part of the city; all the people of Chittagong will get the huge benefits. The prosperity will come in the local as well as national business and in communication system. A total 113.65 acres of land has been acquired for this project. The whole work is going on in three parts. At present, the work of main road is 15.7 kilometers long. The width of this section is 20.5 to 24.5 meters, which is about 30 meters high above the sea level.

Besides, the construction of the branch road (feeder) along the side of the Sagorika stadium is also going on. Under the project, construction work of 11 sluice gates has been completed and 10 foot over bridges for pedestrian crossing will be built. Bangladeshi Spectra Engineers Limited and Indian Company KNR Limited are jointly constructing the project. In different places of Patenga area work of the soil filling for road construction is on-going. The bridges are being built. Road carpeting work from Muslimabad to Anandabazar has been completed. Here road divider for four lane road is ongoing. Road blocks are being placed at the bottom of the road.

Already different types of vehicles such as auto-rickshaw, microbus, and trucks are using this road. On the other hand, the construction of the resistance wall is going on which is nearly five and a half kilometer long above the sea level of Patenga beach area. The construction of two kilometer walkway in the beach area has been completed. The crowds are gathering in the afternoon in the beach area. According to CDA sources, the multi-dimensional benefits will met when the project is implemented.

Simultaneously, residents of North Pahartali, North Kattoli, Gosaildanga, North-Middle Halishahar, South-Medium Halishahar, South Halishahar, North Patenga Ward will be safe from cyclone and soil breakdown and it will provide approach road for the Karnafuli tunnel.

In fact, based on the survey of Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), in January 2009, CDA took the initiative to implement this exclusive project. The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) approved the project of BDT 856 crore in 2011. The work was not started at that time. In August 2013 ECNEC approved a revised budget for this project of Taka 1,496 crore. But the second phase amendment was completed by fixing the cost of the project, Taka 2,424 crore, and finished the work.

After fully completion the Chittagong City Outer Ring Road project, important installations like Shah Amanat International Airport, Chittagong Port's various installations, private ICD, Chittagong EPZ, Karnaphuli EPZ, Eastern Refinery, State-owned oil companies, installation of naval and air force, silo jetty, food ware, and Eastern Cables factory Will be safe from various sea disasters.

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