Dhaka Elevated Expressway: Toll collection tops Tk 70m in a month

Over 900,000 vehicles have used the Dhaka Elevated Expressway in the first month since its partial opening. The major city infrastructure project has also collected over Tk 70 million in tolls, reports bdnews24.com.

On Sept 2, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the 19.73 km-long stretch of the elevated expressway from Kawla to Tejgaon. This section was opened to traffic on Sept 3.

As of Oct 2, 900,627 vehicles travelled on the elevated expressway, according to the Bridges Division. Of them, 892,250 – 99.07 per cent – were category-1 vehicles, which include cars, taxis, jeeps, microbuses with fewer than 16 seats, and small trucks with a less than three-tonne capacity.

Over the same period, 1,468 medium trucks, 49 heavy trucks, and 6,860 buses used the toll road.

The project collected Tk 72.95 million in tolls from the total traffic.

The Bridges Division says an average of 30,021 vehicles use the expressway daily, generating Tk 2.43 million in tolls.