Road Transport and Bridges Minister and Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Thursday said that a total of six metro-rail routes, including underground lines, will be constructed by 2030.
“52% construction work of metro-rail route-6 has already been completed. By 2030, a total of six routes, including underground lines, will be constructed,” he told a seminar at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) Council Bhaban in Dhaka.
The seminar was on “Road Safety of Dhaka Metropolitan: Role and Initiatives of Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority.”
Quader joined the seminar through videoconferencing from his official residence on parliament premises.
The minister asked the authorities concerned to speed up their works to implement the Road Safety Act to lessen road accidents.
Though multilane highways are being constructed, road safety is yet to be ensured, he said.
Mentioning that engineering, enforcement of solutions and awareness are related to ensuring road safety, Quader said that the Accident Research Institute (ARI) has identified as many as 144 black-spots to remove construction flaws in highways while 121 spots have been developed to remove risk.
He said that efforts are underway to develop the risky road corridors across the country while work of upgrading around 450km highways to four-lane is also going on.
