Padma Bridge to be completed by December 2018 Says Quader
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Thursday told the Parliament that the construction of Padma Bridge is expected to be completed by December 2018.
"Efforts are on to complete the bridge by December 2018 through installation of the remaining spans in phases alongside pile driving and installation of pair columns," Quader said in response to a starred question from Awami League lawmaker Salina Begum (Reserved seat-6).
He said the finalisation of the pile design is slightly getting delayed at 14 locations due to difference in the river's soil layers.
Consultation with local and foreign experts is going on to solve the problems fast.
Fifty percent of the overall physical progress of the project is done. One span (superstructure) of the bridge has already been installed while another will be installed this month, he added.
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