<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>Vehicles including cars; buses; minibuse; microbuses; small, medium and big trucks will be able to take the Dhaka Elevated Expressway every day from tomorrow (September 03, 2023) when it opens to traffic.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>However, motorcycles, bicycles and three-wheelers will not be allowed to ply on the elevated expressway.</div><div><br></div><div>Vehicles using the Dhaka Elevated Expressway will have to pay tolls, which will be collected in four categories.</div><div><br></div><div>Private cars, microbuses (&lt;16 seats) and mini-trucks (&lt;3 tonnes) will have to pay Tk 80; medium-sized trucks (up to 6 wheels) and large trucks with more than 6 wheels will pay Tk 320 and Tk 400 respectively.</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, all buses and minibuses with 16 or more seats will have to pay Tk 160 to ply the Kawla-Farmgate section of the Dhaka Elevated Expressway.</div><div><br></div><div>The authorities have set the speed limit at 60 km and it will take 10 minutes for a vehicle with a speed of up to 60 km per hour to reach Farmgate from Kawla.</div><div><br></div><div>The elevated expressway will serve as an alternative north-south route. It will connect Hemayetpur-Kadamtali-Nimtoli-Sirajdikhan-Madanganj-Dhaka-Chattogram Highway-Madanpur directly.</div><div><br></div><div>On the other hand, vehicles from the south-western region and the eastern region of the country will be able to enter the north-western region directly without entering Dhaka thanks to the Elevated Expressway – reducing travel time and traffic congestion within the capital city. According to UNB reports</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>