RCC begins four-lane road construction

Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) has been elevating the Bilsimla Railway crossing to City Hat street road to a four-lane aimed at making the movement of both vehicles and people quick and smooth.

RCC is turning the road to 80 feet wide along with a four-foot-wide road divider with an outlay of around Tk 44.92 crore as part of RCC's Tk 2,993-crore project titled 'Integrated Urban Infrastructure Development in Rajshahi City'.

On both sides of the 3.532-kilometre road, a 44-feet road, a 12-feet wide drain and footpath and a 20-feet road for slow-moving vehicles are also being constructed.

City Mayor AHM Khairuzzaman Liton accompanied by Chief Engineer Nur Islam and Executive Engineer Mahmudur Rahman inspected the ongoing elevation works of the road on Monday.

The city corporation has also been elevating another dilapidated road to a smart street aimed at meeting the existing demand of the city dwellers besides making the metropolis free from traffic congestion.

The 4.17-kilometre road from Naodapara bus terminal to Bhadra Railway crossing is being elevated as part of the implementation of the Tk 2,993-crore project titled 'Integrated Urban Infrastructure Development in Rajshahi City'.

Mayor Liton said the potential road is being elevated to four lanes from a double lane with additional two other lanes for slow-moving vehicles, a road divider and drain and footpaths on both sides at a cost of around Tk 69.78 crore.

In addition to the elevation works the north-south connecting road will be beautified and greened by transplanting decorative trees and plants.

As a whole, the road will bring an epoch-making change to people residing adjacent to the road in terms of uplifting their socio-economic situation.

Under the mega project, the RCC is going to construct five more flyovers as soon as possible for the overall development of the metropolis by freeing it from traffic congestion.

Recently, the city corporation has taken a Tk 1175.52-crore project for the construction of the flyovers and 19 infrastructures.