RHD inks deal with Chinese consortium to build 4-lane expressway

Roads and Highways Department (RHD) today signed a contract with a Chinese consortium to turn the Hatirjheel-Rampura-Amulia-Demra road into a four-lane expressway.

The Chinese consortium will build and maintain the expressway for the next 25 years under the Public Private Partnership model. The government will collect toll from commuters and the consortium will get a certain amount from it.

The consortium of China Communications Construction Company Limited and China Road Bridge Corporation will invest Tk 2,094 crores in the project, while the government will invest Tk 1,209.6 crores.

Chief Engineer of RHD, Abdus Sabur, and a representative of the consortium signed the contract at a city hotel today.