It will take 10 minutes only for a vehicle with a speed of up to 60km per hour to reach Farmgate from Kawla.
About 80,000 vehicles will be able to pass through the Dhaka Elevated Expressway every day, project officials say.
The much-awaited Dhaka Elevated Expressway-- one of the mega infrastructure projects implemented by the current government—has been opened on Saturday by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina with big hopes of easing traffic congestion in the capital Dhaka and commuting costs by reducing travel time to a great extent. The Dhaka Elevated Expressway has been opened to traffic from 6:00am today (Sunday).
As per project details, the first contract was signed on January 19, 2011 and the reviewed agreement was signed on December 15, 2013, and the project completion period was from July 2011 to June 2024.
The total length of the elevated expressway is 46.73 km including 19.73 km of the main elevated part.
The Dhaka Elevated Expressway will cover Kawla, Kuril, Banani, Mohakhali, Tejgaon, Moghbazar, Kamalapur, Sayedabad, Jatrabari to Qutubkhali on Dhaka-Chattogram highway.
Vehicles plying on Dhaka Elevated Expressway will have to pay tolls, which will be collected in four categories.
The elevated expressway will serve as an alternative north-south route. It will connect Hemayetpur-Kadamtali-Nimtoli-Sirajdikhan-Madanganj-Dhaka-Chattogram Highway-Madanpur directly.
On the other hand, vehicles from the south-western region and the eastern region of the country will be able to enter the north-western region directly without entering Dhaka thanks to the Elevated Expressway – reducing travel time and traffic congestion within the capital city.
