PM opens Kuril Flyover

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated the Kuril flyover on Sunday.

bdnews24.com
Published : 4 August 2013, 06:21 AM
Updated : 4 August 2013, 10:48 AM

The construction of the 3.1-km flyover has cost Tk 3.06 billion against an initial estimate was Tk 2.54 billion.

The capital’s development authority, RAJUK, financed the project with its own resources.

This toll-free flyover can be accessed from four sides – Banani, Kuril, Khilkeht, and Purbachal.

She had launched the construction of the flyover May 2, 2010.

The 47.57-ft-high flyover is 30.18 feet wide. It has 292 piles, 68 pile caps, and 67 peers, according to RAJUK.

The flyover has three connecting roads on three sides.

Project Builders Limited completed its construction.

13 acres of land from the railway authorities and private owners were acquired for the project on payment of compensation of Tk 0.47 billion.

It took 38 months to complete the core structure of the flyover.