Name - Greater Dhaka Sustainable Urban Transport Project (BRT - Gazipur-Airport)
It is a 20 km long route, starting from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport to Gazipur. It will carry 25 thousand passenger/hour/direction and travelling time will be half of the present.
Features:
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# It has 20 km dedicated bus lane, out of which 4.5 km. will be elevated - Uttara-Tongi
# Reconstruction of 8-lane Tongi bridge
# 18 meter long 100 articulated bus
# Construction of 6 flyovers
# Construction of 1 bus depot at Gazipur
# There will be 25 stations
# Improvement of 113 access road
# Construction of high capacity drain
# Improvement of 8 markets in Gazipur
# Construction 20 km footpath along the total route.
# Electronic smart card system for collecting bus fare
Total Project Cost:
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GoB: $45.4 million, BDT 38915.18 lac - 17.8%
ADB: $160 million BDT 123504.91 lac - 62.75%
AFD: $45 million, BDT 37710.00 lac - 17.65%
GEF: $4.6 million, 3854.80 lac - 1.8%
Total: $255.0 million, BDT 203984.89 lac - 100.0%
On 01 December 2016, the government signed a deal with a Chinese firm Gezhouba Group to construct the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) route from Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka to Gazipur.
Gazhouba will construct a 16-km BRT lane, 32-km footpath and a separate lane for slow-moving vehicles for the 20.50-km project at a cost of Tk 855.37 crore.
The construction work will end within the next 30 months.
On June 26, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the construction work of the BRT route.
The BRT Route-3 will be extended upto Keraniganj. For this purpose, the World Bank (WB) has offered $250 million loan to Bangladesh for the construction of Airport-Mohakhali phase of BRT-3 on 4 December 2016.
The feasibility study and the detailed design for the 'Phase 1' Airport-Mohakhali of BRT Line 3 has been completed by the WB.
The WB will let its loan disbursement scheme for the BRT Line 3 Phase 1 by January 2017 next.
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The BRT Line-1 is from Kuril Flyover to Sayedabad, crossing Bishwaroad. Government is thinking to extend line-1 upto Purbachal City.
The BRT Line-2 is from Gabtoli to Azimpur. The government is hopeful to start construction of this line within 2017.