Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate Chattogram Development Authority’s (CDA) three development projects, including a 16-kilometre elevated expressway, today (November 14).

The other projects are -  Bakalia Access Road and Fouzderhat-Bayezid Link Road, said Chief Engineer of CDA Kazi Hasan bin Shams.

The elevated expressway has been named as 'Mayor Mohiuddin Chowdhury CDA Flyover' after the name of the former Mayor of Chattogram. The Bakalia Access Roas was named as Jane Alam Dobash Road, former MP and father of the existing CDA Chairman, Fouzderhat-Bayezid Link road after the name of "Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib' Kazi Hasan said.

According to the CDA, the elevated expressway will ease the existing traffic congestion to facilitate smooth communication with 16.5 kilometre route running from the Lalkhan Bazaar to the Shah Amanat International Airport.

The updated cost of the project is Tk 4,298.95 crore, and the deadline has been shifted to June 2024, after two extensions.

A Chinese company named Max-Rankin Joint Venture was tasked with the responsibility of implementing the project construction.  

BDST: 0816 HRS, NOV 14, 2023
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