UNB, Dhaka :
The government has decided to upgrade 1,752 kilometers of highways across the country to four-lane ones, aiming to make long-distance journeys smooth and risk-free ones.
A feasibility study on the four-lane upgradation works on the highways has already been done under the Technical Assistance for Sub-regional Road Transport Project and the designs for the works will be completed by June next, according to project officials.
“On completion of the designs, the government will decide when the physical works on the highways will begin,” project director M Ali Masud Haider told UNB.
Apart from converting the highways into four-lane ones, two additional lanes will be created along those for slow-moving vehicles like rickshaws and van, Haider said.
The project works include 286 km road on Dhaka-Sylhet-Tamabil highway, 225 km on Chittagong-Cox’s Bazar-Teknaf highway, 222 km on Doulatdia-Magura-Jhenidah highway, 52-km on Dhaka-Mawa-Charjanajat-Bhanga highway, 138 km on Rangpur-Teesta-Burimari highway, 157 km on Hatikamrul-Rangpur highway, 132 km on Faridpur-Barisal highway, 109 km on Barisal-Kuakata highway, 111 km on Rajshahi-Hatikamrul highway, 83 km on Sonamasjid-Rajshahi
highway and 98 km on Comilla-Brahmanbaria highway.
Mentioning that, international standards will be maintained in the construction works, the Project Director said, “There’ll be a marked change in the country’s communication sector with the completion of the project.”
Once the design process is completed, the government will hold some quick meetings and seek funds from donors to start the construction work on priority basis, Road Transport and Highway Division Secretary MAN Siddique told the news agency.
The government has decided to upgrade 1,752 kilometers of highways across the country to four-lane ones, aiming to make long-distance journeys smooth and risk-free ones.
A feasibility study on the four-lane upgradation works on the highways has already been done under the Technical Assistance for Sub-regional Road Transport Project and the designs for the works will be completed by June next, according to project officials.
“On completion of the designs, the government will decide when the physical works on the highways will begin,” project director M Ali Masud Haider told UNB.
Apart from converting the highways into four-lane ones, two additional lanes will be created along those for slow-moving vehicles like rickshaws and van, Haider said.
The project works include 286 km road on Dhaka-Sylhet-Tamabil highway, 225 km on Chittagong-Cox’s Bazar-Teknaf highway, 222 km on Doulatdia-Magura-Jhenidah highway, 52-km on Dhaka-Mawa-Charjanajat-Bhanga highway, 138 km on Rangpur-Teesta-Burimari highway, 157 km on Hatikamrul-Rangpur highway, 132 km on Faridpur-Barisal highway, 109 km on Barisal-Kuakata highway, 111 km on Rajshahi-Hatikamrul highway, 83 km on Sonamasjid-Rajshahi
highway and 98 km on Comilla-Brahmanbaria highway.
Mentioning that, international standards will be maintained in the construction works, the Project Director said, “There’ll be a marked change in the country’s communication sector with the completion of the project.”
Once the design process is completed, the government will hold some quick meetings and seek funds from donors to start the construction work on priority basis, Road Transport and Highway Division Secretary MAN Siddique told the news agency.
