The
government has decided to construct an outer ring road (circular or roundabout road)
around the capital city Dhaka to reduce traffic congestion in and around the
city. This ring road will ease the travel of all the surrounding districts with
Dhaka. The road will directly connected with the Dhaka - Chittagong highway and
the under construction approach road of the Padma Bridge Dhaka - Mawa highway.
This circular
road will reduce traffic congestion in Dhaka, and on the other hand, the communication
to the neighboring districts with Dhaka will be easier and time consuming. Using
this road, passengers will be able to travel to other districts without entering
to Dhaka city. The cyclical road will play a more effective role for freight trucks
than passenger buses.
Meanwhile,
the project has been approved by the Ministry of Road Transport and Bridge in
the Committee on Economic Affairs recently. The project is expected to begin
January 2020 and it is expected to be completed by December 2023.
Small Details about
the Dhaka City outer Ring Road:
- Length of the ring road will be 134 km.
- In the first phase total new 48 km long road will be constructed.
- The estimated cost is BD Taka 10,200 Crore.
- According to the proposal, three different roads -18km from Hemayetpur to Kalakandi, 18km from Kalakandi to third Shitalakhya bridge and 12km from third Shitalakhya bridge to Madanpur will be constructed.
- Rest 84 kilometer existing road will be up-graded.
- The project will be implemented on a G2G, Public-Private Partnership (PPP) basis.
- The government initially selected Japan as a project implementer and financier. However, Japan can take another country or company as a co-financier next time.
Dhaka city
Ring Road Routes:
According to
the preliminary survey, the alignment of the proposed outer ring road has been
modified. The revised route will connect the Padma Bridge approach road to
Hemayetpur (Dhaka-Aricha Highway) to Kalakandi (Dhaka-Mawa Highway). This will
be connecting the Dhaka-Chittagong highway to Madanpur-Bhulta through the
approach road of the third Shitalakshya Bridge. And also connect the Dhaka Bypass
to Kadda (Gazipur) to Baipail (Dhaka EPZ) to Hemayetpur (Dhaka-Aricha Highway).
Ring road
will be constructed so that passenger buses, trucks, private cars etc which can
easily cross Dhaka and enter the neighboring district or upazila city. The
population of Dhaka city is constantly increasing. Dhaka has become a mega metropolitan
city due to the heavy pressure of traffic in the north-south and east-west side.
During the
current government period, various projects have been implemented and some are
implanting in Dhaka City to cope with the increasing pressure of traffic. If
this project is implemented, the transport vehicles will be able to drive from
east to west and north to south without entering Dhaka city.
A large
section of Dhaka travelers will be able to travel very easily and in a short
time using the Outer Ring Road. As a result, the traffic in the inner city of
Dhaka will be greatly reduced and the existing traffic load will be diverted
towards the ring road. Travelers can travel safely from any area of Dhaka
city to another area using Inner Ring Road through Outer Ring Road.
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