In 2018 construction began on the Dhaka-Chittagong Expressway will be completed in 2022, has expressed optimism Road Transport and Bridges Minister.

The fourteenth session of parliament on Monday afternoon at the table reserved for women members of parliament raised Safura's Q & A minister told parliament.Road Transport and Bridges said the public-private joint venture (PPP) to implement the project in 2016 six projects have been undertaken by the Department of Roads and Highways. The proposed 218-kilometer-long Dhaka-Chittagong Expressway project implementation is under way under the package. Hopefully, the project will be finished by the end of 2022, work started in 2018.