Transportation Sector

Dhaka-Chittagong Express Highway
Azimat Consortium from Malaysia, a conglomerate of six companies, has proposed investment worth US$ 896 m in Bangladesh for construction of a 198-kilometre highway from Dhaka to Chittagong to open a second land-route for easier transportation between the capital and the port city. Roads and Highways Department is the Executing Agency under the Ministry of Communication for this project. The project is expected to be completed in 5 years. The contract period with the private investor is expected to be for 30 years. The highway route is from Narayangang via Munshiganj-Matlab-Chandpur-Ramganj-Sonagazi-Mirshorai to Hathazari. The project is proposed to be implemented under the Build-Own-Operate-and Transfer (BOOT) basis. The project will require Land Acquisition totaling 2500 acre with the cost of acquisition to be borne by GoB. The project is currently at the pre-qualification stage, with investors' qualifications under review.

Underground Metro Rail in Dhaka City
Bangladesh Railway under Ministry of Communication has taken up this project to be implemented on BOT basis. The project is expected to be completed in 4 years. The contract period with the private investor is expected to be for 34 years. Cost of the project is Tk. 62000 m (US$ 898.55 million). The underground metro rail will be located in Dhaka Metropolitan City. Land acquisition would not be required in this project because the project will be implemented on Governments' own land. If any private land is required then the private investor would bear the cost and government will provide necessary help as needed. The project has been listed in the PIPL..

Elevated Expressway in Dhaka City
Bangladesh Shetu Katripaksha under Ministry of Communication is the Executing Agency for the project. Cost of the project is Tk. 86,170 m. The 32.20 km expressway will have four-lanes. About twenty-five hectors of land is required for the expressway. The project is expected to be completed in 8 years. The contract period with the private investor is expected to be for 30 years. The project will be constructed in three phases. International Competitive Bidding (ICB) process will be followed for the project implementation. It may be awarded on a Build-Own-Operate-Transfer/ Build-Operate-Transfer (BOOT/BOT) basis. The Project has been listed in the Private Infrastructure Project List (PIPL) on 5 April 2009 following recommendation of PICOM.