Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Thursday said the Roads and Highways Department collected some Tk 184.37 crore toll from the four highways in the current financial year (2023-24).
The Minister said this in response to a tabled question of Awami League MP elected from Comilla Abu Zafar Mohammad Shafi Uddin.
Of the total amount, the collection from Bangabandhu Expressway (Dhaleswari and Bhanga parts) was Tk 155.39 crore, Dhaka-Sylhet highway Tk 15.23 crore at Rustampur Toll Plaza in Habiganj, Tk 11.45 crore on Hartikamarul-Banpara road in Natore and Chittagong Port Access Road Tk 2.73 crore.
In response to a question of Noakhali-3 Constituency MP Mamunur Rashid Kiran, Obaidul Quader said tolls were collected from three bridges under the Bangladesh Bridges Authority.
The three bridges are Bangabandhu Bridge over the Jamuna River, Muktarpur Bridge over the Dhaleswari River and Padma Bridge.
Tk 811.57 crore were collected from Padma Bridge, Tk 648.87 crore from Bangabandhu Bridge and Tk 11.61 crore from Muktarpur Bridge.
In response to another question from the ruling party MP elected from Noakhali Mamunur Rashid, the Minister said that a road safety project has been taken with the help of World Bank.
The estimated cost of the project is Tk 4,988 crores. Of which, the World Bank will provide Tk 3759 crore.
