Dhaka police will use video-based monitoring from 21 February to penalise speeding on the Elevated Expressway. While some support stricter enforcement and raising limits to 80 kmph, concerns persist over fairness, transparency, and effective implementation.
Managing ramps and digitising toll collection are vital
Under the original plan, the country's first-ever elevated expressway to connect the capital's north with the south was to complete in 2014. But the deadline was stretched time and again as the construction company failed to arrange funds for the Tk 8,940-crore project.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday in parliament placed her government's plan to implement seven mega projects, including 12-kilometer multi-purpose tunnel under the Jamuna river and 80-km elevated expressway from Hemayetput to Madanpur via Sirajdikhan.
Dhaka police will use video-based monitoring from 21 February to penalise speeding on the Elevated Expressway. While some support stricter enforcement and raising limits to 80 kmph, concerns persist over fairness, transparency, and effective implementation.
Managing ramps and digitising toll collection are vital
Under the original plan, the country's first-ever elevated expressway to connect the capital's north with the south was to complete in 2014. But the deadline was stretched time and again as the construction company failed to arrange funds for the Tk 8,940-crore project.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday in parliament placed her government's plan to implement seven mega projects, including 12-kilometer multi-purpose tunnel under the Jamuna river and 80-km elevated expressway from Hemayetput to Madanpur via Sirajdikhan.
