Rajshahi city is going to get a four-lane airport road with a median for the first time, and the road’s elevation and construction works are progressing fast at present.
The Roads and Highways Department has been implementing the project of elevating the pavement from Rajshahi to Naohata Bridge via Shah Makhdum Airport to four lanes at a cost of around Tk 326.87 crore.
The department’s Additional Chief Engineer Sadequl Islam, said they are elevating the 9.65-kilometre part of the 66.42-kilometre Rajshahi-Naogaon highway to four lanes.
In addition to the four-lane elevation, security of the road will be ensured through construction of 65-metre RCC box culverts, road median sign signals, guidepost and road marking.
The road is also being used as the main connecting means between the Rajshahi and Naogaon districts, side by side with transportation of agricultural and industrial products and goods every day.
The four-lane initiative has been taken in order to create a traffic-congestion free atmosphere on the vital road.
"We have registered 38 per cent progress of the project till December last, and the entire project is expected to complete in due time," he added.
After successful completion of the project, the road will be widened 25.4-metres from the existing 5.5 metres. It will help expediting the process of socio-economic development and poverty eradication in the region, engineer Islam added.
