Moghbazar-Mouchak Flyover opened to traffic

Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain inaugurated it around 11am. Vehicles on the one-km stretch of the flyover – near Janakantha building to near Arong (Mouchak) - started moving soon after its inauguration. "I've inaugurated a one-km long part of the flyover. We hope we'll be able to open the rest part of the flyover to traffic by June-July next year," Mosharraf said. Once completed, the construction of the flyover, it will help ease traffic congestion in the city, the minister said. He, however, said, "I don't think one area will be free from traffic jams after constructing a flyover in it. Rather, it may contribute to tailbacks in some other areas. It'll be resolved after the implementation of all the projects under our master plan." On March 30 last, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the first part, also stretching two-km from Saatrasta intersection up to Shaheed Captain Mansur Ali Avenue (Moghbazar), of the 8.7km Mouchak-Moghbazar Flyover. Besides, the work on the third and last part of the flyover covering Mouchak, Rajarbagh and Shantinagar is scheduled to end by June next.