Govt retreats from PPP to solely finance 4-lane Dhaka-Ctg Highway

The government has retreated from constructing a 4-lane Dhaka-Chattogram Highway project on the basis of Public-Private Partnership (PPP).

Now, the Dhaka-Chittagong highway will be financed by the government, additional secretary to the cabinet division Shamsul Arefin told journalists on Sunday.

There would be a service lane on each way of the roads which will also be used by slow moving vehicles, he said.

The cabinet committee on economic affairs held a virtual meeting at the secretariat to discuss, among other things, various aspects of Dhaka-Chattogram highway.

While responding to a question, the additional secretary said the government had spent Tk 100 crore for carrying out the feasibility study for the specially designed 4-lane Dhaka-Chattogram highway.

According to the Roads and Highways Department under Ministry of Road, Transport and Bridges, a proposal to appoint a consultant for the construction of the separate service lane was approved in the meeting. The consultant would receive Tk 87.38 crore for designing the service lane.