One of the prime objectives of constructing physical infrastructure is tospeed up the economic development of a country. Since resources are scarce in developing economies therefore, the policy makers in these countries are quite conscious regarding the optimal utilization of nation's wealth. In many instances it has been observed in Bangladesh that these types of physical infrastructures (road transport system) have played excellent catalytic roles in regional economic development and the national economy as awhole. The South-West Road Network Development Project (SRNDP) is one of the latest examples in Bangladesh. The length of the highway is 163.4 km with 1.2 km of small bridges and similar structures. The project was completed in the year 2005. The amazing fact is that within a year of the completion of the project, communities adjacent to the highway have started enjoying the benefits. The objective of this paper is to portray the impact ofsuch a huge infrastructure in the social and economic life from a micro (locality) rather than macro point of view. The immediate concentration of this paper is to depict and analyze direct and indirect impact of the project on the people's lifestyles (quality of life). A case study approach has been adopted in this study. Data and information has been collected simultaneously from primary and secondary sources. For the covering abstract see ITRD E139491.
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