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Elevated Expressway works get pace


Published : 22 Jul 2019 09:31 PM | Updated : 07 Sep 2020 04:57 PM

Construction of the Dhaka Elevated Expressway is going on in full swing. Officials concerned said as the construction of the expressway is getting momentum, it is sure to be completed within the scheduled timeframe.

The construction of the 46.73-km elevated expressway will be completed by 2022. The elevated expressway is being constructed along with ramps from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport to Kutubkhali point of Dhaka-Chattogram highway via Kuril, Banani, Mohakhali, Tejgaon, Hotel Sonargaon, Palashi, Moghbazar and Kamalapur.

Officials said, adding the bridge authority signed a deal with Italian-Thai Development Public Company in January 2011 in this regard. Sources related to the project said, work is divided into three segments—7.45 kilometres from Airport to Banani, will be constructed in the first part, 5.85 kilometres from Banani to Moghbazar in the second part, and 6.43 kilometres from Moghbazar to Kutubkhali in the final part. Main project cost has been estimated at Tk 8940 crore. Of the amount, Italian-Thai Development Public Company Ltd invested Tk 6,444.31 crore and the rest Tk 2413.80 crore will be spent by the government from its own fund as Viability Gap Fund (VGF).

The 47km length includes the length of the mainline (20km) and 27km of the 31 ramps in the original design. The first segment is nearly 7.5km long which is supposed to complete in November this year, the second one is 6km which is scheduled to complete by December 2020 and the 6.5km long third segment will be completed by December 2022, said concerned officials.

Construction of 133 working pile driving, 300 pile cap, 79 cross beam, 187 column full and 119 partially completed, 186 eye girder have so far been completed till now. Besides 14 spans has already been installed on eye girder.