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Strengthening Connectivity through Road Corridors in

Md. Moinuddin, Addl. Secretary Roads Transport and Highways , Bangladesh Contents

Road corridors through Bangladesh

Status of Road Corridors

Interventions to improve Corridors

Key Challenges Regional Connectivity Corridors

through Bangladesh

SASEC BIMSTEC BCIM Asian SAARC Road Road Route Highway Highway Corridor Corridor Corridor (BCIM) (AH) (SHC) (SHC) (BRC) Asian Highway and Bangladesh

Intergovernmental • US ESCAP adopted the agreement on 18 Agreement on AH November 2003 Network

Bangladesh’s • Bangladesh signed the Instrument of Accession involvement in AH in 2009 Asian Highway 1

Tamabil Mawa 53 km 0 km Tamabil Charjanajat 39 km 29 km

Sherpur Bhanga

45 km 37 km 35 km 35 Mirpur Bhatiapara 61 km 3 km

Sarial Kalna FG 47 km 24 km

Nashingdi Narail 38 km 32 km

Katchpur 10 km 38 km

Dhaka (S) Benapole

Total 491 km Status of Asian Highway 1

Tamabil Sections Class km Interventions Tamabil Sylhet II 53 FS & DD completed Sylhet Sherpur II 39 FS & DD completed Sherpur Mirpur II 45 FS & DD completed

Mirpur Sarail II 61 FS & DD completed

Sarail Narhsingdi II 47 FS & DD completed Narhsingdi Katchpur II 38 FS & DD completed Katchpur (S) II 10 upgraded Dhaka (S) Mawa II 35 DD ongoing Mawa Charjanajat Below III 0 Missing Link Charjanajat Bhanga II 29 DD completed

Bhanga Bhatiapara II 37 To be upgraded Bhatiapara Kalna FG Below III 3 Missing Link Kalna FG Narail III, Below III 24 To be upgraded Benapole Narail Jessore III 32 To be upgraded Jessore Benapol II 38 To be upgraded Asian Highway 2

Banglabandha Tamabil Kaliakoir 53 km 50 km Sylhet Tamabil 39 km 40 km

Sherpur Hatikamrul 61 km 56 km

Sarail

47 km 34 km 20 km 20 Narshingdi Gobindagonj 38 km 71 km

Katchpur Ranjgpur 10 km 67 km

Dhaka (S) Beldanga 20 km 76 km

Dhaka (N) Panchagarh 22 km 56 km Joydevpur

Total 512 km Status of Asian Highway 2

Banglabandha

Tamabil

Sections Class km Projects Dhaka (South) Dhaka (North) I 20 Developed Dhaka (North) Joydevpur I 22 Developed Joydevpur Kaliakoir II 20 SASEC Project ongoing Kariakoir Elenga II 50 SASEC Project ongoing Elenga Hatikamrul II 40 FS & DD completed Hatikamrul Bogra II 56 FS & DD completed Bogra Gonbindaganj II 34 FS & DD completed Gonbindaganj Rangpur II 71 FS & DD completed Rangpur Beldanga II 67 To be developed Beldanga Panchagarh II 76 To be developed Panchagarh Banglabandha II 56 Developed as Class II Asian Highway 41

Teknaf Dhaka (N) 87 km 22 km 45 km Cox’s Bazar Joydevpur Jessore 92 km 20 km 62 km

Keranirhat Kaliakoir 49 km 50 km 43 km

Chittagong Elenga Mongla

88 km 40 km 20 km 20 Feni Hatikamrul

63 km 51 km 42 km 42

Moinamoti Banpara Total 754 km 43 km 23 km

Daudkandi Dasuria Mongla 26 km 9 km Katchpur Paksey 10 km 31 km Dhaka (S) Teknaf Status of Asian Highway 41

Sections km Class Status Teknaf Cox's Bazar 87 II FS and DD completed Cox's Bazar Keranirhat 92 II FS and DD completed Keranirhat Chittagong 49 II FS and DD completed

Chittagong Feni 88 II Upgrading ongoing Feni Moinamoti 63 II Upgrading ongoing Moinamoti Daudkandi 43 II Upgrading ongoing Daudkandi Katchpur 26 I Upgraded to 4-lane Hatikamrul Banpara 51 II FS & DD completed Banpara Dasuria 23 II FS & DD completed Dasuria Paksey 9 II To be upgraded Paksey Kushtia 31 II To be upgraded Kushtia Jhenaidah 42 II To be upgraded Jhenaidah Jessore 45 II FS ongoing Jessore Khulna 62 II FS ongoing Mongla Khulna Mongla 43 II FS & DD completed

Chittagong

Teknaf SAARC Highway Corridors in Bangladesh

SHC4/SCH8 SHCs mostly align with SHC5 AH1, AH2 and AH41

SHCs allow landlocked countries or territories to access seaports in SHC8 Bangladesh SHC9 SHC6

There is one ferry crossing at Daulatdia/Paturia point () SHC1/SHC5 SAARC Highway Corridor 1

Lahore-New -- /Benapole-Dhaka- Akhaura/

Potential to carry major interregional traffic and potential to provide shorter route leading to transport cost savings

Agartala Kolkata Dhaka SAARC Highway Corridor 4

Kathmandu Katmandu- Kakarvita- Phubari-Banglabandha- Mongla/ Chittagong

Panitanki/Phulbari Provides access to Hatikumrul landlocked to Bangladesh Ports

Mogla Chittagong SAARC Highway Corridor 5

Snadrop Jongkhar- - -Sylhet- Sandrop Jongkhar Dhaka-Kolkata ()

Gowahati () Potential to provide Tamabil shorter route leading to (Bangladesh) transport cost savings Dhaka Kolkata SAARC Highway Corridor 6

SHC6/BRC6: Agartola- Akhaura-Chittagong

Agartola-Akhaura- Chittagong

Akhaura Agartala Shorter access to Chittagong port for Indian North Eastern States

Chittagong SAARC Highway Corridor 8

Thimphu-Phuentsholing- Thimpu Jaigaon-Burimari-Mongla- Burimari Chittagong

Phuensholing Access to landlocked Bhutan to Hatikumrul Bangladeshi ports

Mongla

Chittagong SAARC Highway Corridor 9

Malda-Shibgonj-Jamuna Briade Maldah Sonamahjid Sirajgonj/Jamuna Potential to provide direct Bridge connectivity to carry future traffic BIMSTEC Corridors

BIMSTEC Transport Infrastructure and Logistic Study (BTILS) identifies 14 corridors of regional significance. Seven of them connects Bangladesh

Sl Road Corridor Aligns with 1. Kolkata-Petrapole/Benapole-Dhaka-Akhaura- AH1, SHC1 Agartala 2. -Kakarvita-Phulbari-Banglabandha- AH2, AH41, SHC4 Mongla / Chittagong 3. Samdrupjongkhar-Shillong-Sylhet-Dhaka- AH1, SHC1, SHC5 Kolkata 4. Agartala-Akhaura-Chittagong SHC6 5. -Phuenthsholing-Jaigon- AH2, AH41, SHC8 Chengrabandha-Burimari - / Mongla 6. Maldha-Shibgang-JamunaBridge, Bangladesh SHC9 7. Chittagong-Ramu (Cox’s Bazaar)-Teknaf- AH41 Maungdaw SASEC Corridor 4

Thimphu-Phuentsholing- Thimpu Jaigaon-Burimari-Mongla- Burimari Chittagong Phuensholing Access to landlocked Bhutan to Hatikumrul Bangladeshi ports

Mongla

Chittagong SASEC Road Corridor 9

Kathmandu Katmandu- Kakarvita- Phubari-Banglabandha- Mongla/ Chittagong

Panitanki/Phulbari Provides access to Hatikumrul landlocked Nepal to Bangladesh Ports

Mogla Chittagong SASEC Road Corridor 5A

Kolkata-Jessore-Khulna- Mongla Khulna-Jessore-Dhaka- Chittagong

Dhaka

Kolkata

Mogla Chittagong BCIM Corridor

BCIM Forum aims to revive historic “Southern Route”

BCIM route crosses four countries through some challenging terrains Significant road improvement needed in Assam, and

Sylhet

Imphal

Lashio Dhaka (Myanmar

Kolkata Intervention along road corridors

Routes Length Interventions Corridors (km) Joydevpur-Chandra--Elenga road section 70 This project is going to upgrade the AH2, SHC4 SASEC4, in and N405 existing 2-lane highway to a 4-lane SASEC9 highway with the provision for a separate lane for slow-moving vehicles. This project is expected to be implemented during 2013-2017. Construction of 70 kilometers road is expected to commence by February 2015; Dhaka-Mawa-Bhanga-Bhatiapara (, 101 km, 101 studied under SRTPPF and the AH1 Class II) section detailed design has been completed. Upgrading of Hatikamrul-Rangpur-National 157 FS and DD has been completed. AH2, SHC4, SHC8, Highway into 4-lane Highways SASEC4, SASEC9 Upgrading of Khulna-Mongla Road 48 studied under SRTPPF and the AH41, SHC4 SHC8, into 4 lane detailed design has been completed. SASEC4, SASEC9, SASEC5A Upgrading of Rangpur-Teesta-Burimari Road 138 FS & DD has been completed. AH2, SHC8, SASEC4 into 4 lane Highway Upgrading of Sonamasjid-Rajshahi-Hatikamrul 205 FS and DD are being prepared SHC9, AH41, Road into 4 lane SASEC4, SASEC9 Intervention along road corridors (..contd.)

Routes Length Interventions Corridors (km) Chittagong-Cox's Bazar-Teknaf 225 studied under SRTPPF and the AH41 detailed design has been completed. Upgrading of Dharkar-Akhaura- 13 FS and DD has been completed. SHC1, SHC6 Senarbadi Road to a 4-lane Highway Upgrading of Comilla- 85 FS and DD has been completed. SHC6 Highway to a 4-lane Highway 4-laning of Dhaka (Katchpur)- 286 FS and DD has been completed. AH1, SHC1, BCIM Bhairab-Sarail--Sylhet-Tamabil Road (N-2) Upgrading of Dhaka-Chittagong 192 Project is being implemented AH41, SCH4, SHC8, Highway (from Daudkandi to SASEC4, SASEC9 Chittagong) Policy interventions to promote connectivity

Road Master Plan 2009

Perspective Plan 2010-2021

Sixth Five Year Plan 2011-2015

Motor Vehicles Axle Load Control Station Implementation Policy, 2012

National Integrated Multimodal Transport Policy, 2013

SAARC Motor Vehicle Agreement (to be placed in SAARC Summit,2014) Challenges

Restoring missing

links & upgrading • Missing links on AH1, SHC1 need to be bridged sub-standard • Sub-standard sections on AH, SHC need upgrading sections • Financing will be needed for upgrading • Where possible, PPP options should be explored Financing • Support from development partners needed • Regional Infrastructure Fund

• Road Geometry to allow international traffic • Harmonization of Standards Infrastructure • Border facilities • Multimodal integration Thank You