The work for the four-lane highway connecting the Mayor Mohammad Hanif Flyover with the Dhaka-Mawa Highway is nearly complete. It is being constructed as a part of the construction of the Padma Multipurpose Bridge.
The completion of the project will usher in a new era for connectivity in the country’s south and southwestern regions. The highway will be crucial in preventing traffic congestion on long journeys.
Moreover, as it is a part of the Padma Bridge it will reduce the load on the bridge. Most importantly, the highway will make it easy for vehicles to turn around if they make a wrong turn. The risk of road accidents will be reduced considerable as there will be two lanes for traffic on each direction.
The completion of the project will
usher in a new era for connectivity in the
country’s south and southwestern regions
The Dhaka-Mawa highway is only the first of a series of highways which is being upgraded to have four-lanes. 3 other important highways in the country will also be upgraded soon Dhaka-Sylhet, Rangpur-Banglabandha, Rangpur-Burimari and Barishal-Faridpur highways in part from funding from the government and in part funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
If these projects are completed, the country’s transportation and communication will be much more efficient. Time and resources which are currently wasted in difficult transportation will be saved, and productivity will also be positively impacted.
Traffic congestion on the highways will be reduced, which will in turn improve mobility of people in the remotest regions of Bangladesh. Regional development will be greatly boosted as more goods and services can be transported to and from all corners of the country.
We applaud the government’s prompt delivery of the four-lane highway. We hope that the same pace is maintained for the remaining proposed four-lane highways. The introduction of these highways is a new chapter in Bangladesh’s steady development into a developed nation.
