Underwater (river) tunnel to improve the connectivity between two parts of the Chittagong district by road.
Two tunnels with two lanes each.
Chittagong the financial capital of Bangladesh is growing at an exponential rate and the land on West side of the karnafuli river is nearly all used up.
The East side of the river although connected to the West by land bridges is still underdeveloped due to poor connectivity. The said bridges are a little far from the main west city, so in order to encourage investors and the general public to make use the of the east sides untapped potential, the government is building this tunnel, which will make the East side more accessible than ever before.
The government has plans to set up many industrial areas in this side and there will be a property boom here as soon as the tunnel is completed.
Not to mention, the government doesn't want to repeat the mistakes it made with Dhaka, which led to that city becoming a crowded concrete jungle.
There are three 'new' cities that are currently their nascent (well two are, the other is experiencing growing pains) stages, but come their time in the near future, these cities will be the new Economic hubs of Bangladesh :
- Purbanchal ( Satellite town of Dhaka, perhaps even they new capital, every square metre of the city will be planned beforehand, construction is already underway [40+ sky scrapers] )
- Cox Baazar Tourism Hub as well the satellite town of Chittagong proper.
- Chittagong City along with the new East side ( Financial capital of Bangladesh and home to the premier seaport of Bangladesh, New Capital possibly ? )
Here is a map of the tunnel :
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Cost and construction end dates have been revised.
This video should give you a more detailed idea.
I'm sorry, I can't be more concise and constructive at this time, writing this in somewhat of a hurry.
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