The project was undertaken as part of the “Chittagong Metropolitan Master Plan”, which CDA prepared with the help of World Bank in 1995. The plan described a road from Patenga to Foujdarhat as crucial for mitigating traffic congestion and protecting the port city.

Furthermore, the road, built along the Bay of Bengal, will offer commuters the chance to take in the beautiful, unchartered vista of the bay on the stretch from Patenga to Foujdarhat area, opening a new horizon for tourism.

Abdus Salam, CDA chairman, told The Daily Star the road was being constructed as part of a road network plan which aims to reduce traffic congestion in the port city.

“Buses coming from Dhaka or any part of the country can use the road to go to Cox's Bazar, bypassing the busy thoroughfare of the port city”, he said.

There is also a plan to build a new town along the road, and develop a world class tourist area as part of the project, Salam added.

The road will also protect the coastal people from tidal surges, which in 1991 lashed out in the coastal area claiming hundreds of thousands of lives.

Kazi Hasan Bin Shams, project director, told The Daily Star that a strong embankment was necessary to protect important structures like the Chattogram port, CEPZ (Chittagong Export Processing Zone) and Chattogram airport.

The 16km long and 22m wide road would suit that purpose. It will be 33 feet above the sea level so that it can work as an embankment as well as a protective wall against tidal surge, he added.

Vehicles and trucks carrying goods from the port will be able to avoid traffic and ply the road, which will be connected to Dhaka-Chattogram highway.

The road, Hasan said, will also be connected to Anwara using a currently under construction tunnel under the Karnaphuli river.

A stretch of five kilometres of the road will be turned into a tourist spot as Tk 500 crore has been allocated to make an international standard sea beach which, once completed, will be able to accommodate at least 10,000 tourists every day.

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