Senior Secretary inspects Dhaka Elevated Expressway project
On September 28, 2024, a special review meeting was held at the toll plaza office adjacent to the airport of the Dhaka Elevated Expressway PPP project, chaired by Rashidul Hasan, Secretary (Routine Duties) of the Bridges Division and Executive Director (Routine Duties) of the Bangladesh Bridge Authority.
The meeting focused on the progress of the project and a detailed review of the construction work.
The chief guest, Md. Ehhsanul Hoque, Senior Secretary of the Road Transport and Highway Division, and special guests Md. Hafizur Rahman, Chief Executive Officer (Secretary), PPP Authority, and Md. Saifullah Panna, Secretary, Office of the Principal Advisor, were present.
At the meeting, AHM S Akhtar, Project Director of the Dhaka Elevated Expressway PPP project, presented a presentation on the route alignment of the elevated expressway, project activities, and construction work. He informed that the overall progress of the project is currently 75%. However, due to complications related to the transfer of shares among the shareholders of the investor company, FDEE, the release of loan installments from two Chinese banks for this project has been suspended. Consequently, the project work in the Hatirjheel area is ongoing on a limited scale. The chief guest and special guests provided valuable suggestions to complete the project on schedule.
Additionally, project directors of two PPP projects under the Road Transport and Highway Division, namely the Dhaka Bypass PPP project and the Rampura-Amulya PPP project, presented presentations on the activities and issues of their respective projects.
After the presentations, the Senior Secretary of the Road Transport and Highway Division, Md. Ehhsanul Hoque, the Chief Executive Officer (Secretary) of the PPP Authority, Md. Hafizur Rahman, the Secretary of the Principal Advisor's Office, Md. Saifullah Panna, the Secretary (Routine Duties) of the Bridges Division and Executive Director (Routine Duties) of the Bangladesh Bridge Authority, Rashidul Hasan, the Chief Engineer of the Bangladesh Bridge Authority, the Project Director, and representatives of the contracting firm inspected the progress of the construction work on site near the FDC rail crossing of the Dhaka Elevated Expressway. They issued directives to the investor company and all concerned to expedite the construction work of the Dhaka Elevated Expressway PPP project.