Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the much-awaited elevated expressway’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport-Farmgate section for traffic tomorrow.
“The Prime Minister will inaugurate the expressway at a programme to be held at the old trade fair ground at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar here at 3.30pm tomorrow,” project director of Dhaka Elevated Expressway AHMS Akter told BSS today.
The airport-Farmgate section will be opened to traffic the next day of the inauguration, the official added.
He said the length of this section is about 11.5 km. There are 15 ramps for boarding. Out of these, two ramps at Banani and Mohakhali will remain closed for the time being. The maximum speed limit for traffic on the expressway will be 60 km per hour.
Three wheelers, bicycles and pedestrians will not be allowed to move on the expressway, while motorbikes cannot run on it right now.
Earlier, the road transport and bridges ministry fixed the toll rates for the Dhaka Elevated Expressway’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport-Farmgate section ranging from Taka 80 to Taka 400.
Under category 1, the toll rate for car, taxi, jeep, sports utility vehicle, microbus (under 16 seats) and light truck (under 3 tonnes) for crossing the airport-Farmgate section from any point is Taka 80.বিস্তারিত