Rajshahi to get another 4-lane road

Rajshahi city dwellers are going to get another four-lane road as Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) has taken the initiative to convert the double-lane road into a four-lane.

The RCC will turn the area from –- 4.17 kilometer Bhadra Railway crossing to Naodapara bus terminal road –- to 80-feet wide, with a road divider and another lane for non-mechanized vehicles with an outlay of around Tk 69.71 crore.

City Mayor AHM Khairuzzaman Liton inaugurated the construction work after unveiling the foundation stone on Saturday, saying the road will be modern.

Liton said the road will be constructed as part of RCC’s Tk 2,993-crore project titled ‘Integrated Urban Infrastructure Development in Rajshahi City’.

Under the mega project, the RCC is going to construct five more flyovers soon for the overall development of the metropolis by freeing it from traffic congestion. Recently, the city corporation has taken up Tk 1175.52-crore project for the construction of the flyovers and 19 infrastructures.

The flyovers will be constructed on Haragram Natunpara Railway Crossing, Rajshahi Court Station Railway Crossing, Bilsimla Railway Crossing, Shaheed AHM Kamaruzzaman Railway Crossing, Bhadra Railway Crossing, and Mohanpur Railway Crossing.

Earlier, the city corporation constructed a 202.5-meter flyover along with a 120-meter ramp at Budhpara Railway crossing.