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Express Tribune
14-05-2025
- Business
- Express Tribune
Multibillion-rupee road projects near completion
Construction on two key road infrastructure projects worth over Rs6.5 billion in Rawalpindi is 80 per cent complete. The projects include the Nawaz Sharif Flyover at Khawaja Corporation Chowk and the Mal Road underpasses at TM Chowk and Mall Plaza Chowk. According to officials, the completion of these projects is crucial to improving traffic flow in the city, with Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz setting a deadline of May 31 for their full completion. Efforts are underway to ensure that both projects are finished and opened to traffic by the given deadline. The Communication and Works (C\&W) Department is overseeing the construction of the Nawaz Sharif Flyover at Khawaja Corporation Chowk on Adiala Road, which is valued at Rs2.3 billion. The road infrastructure upgrade, being carried out by the FWO contractor firm under the consultancy of Nespak, has reached 80 per cent completion. Similarly, the Mal Road underpasses project, worth Rs4.39 billion, involves the construction of underpasses at TM Chowk and Mall Plaza Chowk to eliminate traffic signals, as well as the construction of an underground pedestrian walkway near the Medicine Market. Both projects are expected to ease traffic congestion in Rawalpindi, and work continues day and night to meet the May 31 deadline. Additionally, the C&W department is planning the construction of flyovers and underpasses at Kacheri Chowk, Qasim Market Chowk, and Chairing Cross Chowk, which will further streamline traffic along Mal Road and Peshawar Road. Once completed, these projects will create a signal-free route from Kacheri Chowk to the motorway junction.
Express Tribune
18-04-2025
- Business
- Express Tribune
Underpass projects on Mall Road see 60% work
The Cantonment Board Rawalpindi has mounted a huge clock at Telegraph Chowk, Mall Road. Photo: AGHA MAHROZ/EXPRESS Construction work on two underpasses and an underground pedestrian route along Rawalpindi's Mall Road has reached 60 per cent completion, with traffic expected to resume on the corridor by June. Launched in mid-February 2025 under the supervision of Punjab's Communication and Works (C&W) Department, the projectexecuted by NESPAK and the Frontier Works Organisation (FWO)aims to create signal-free passage between TM Chowk and Mall Plaza Chowk, along with a pedestrian tunnel between Medicine Market and the AFIC-Cantonment Board Office. The cost of this segment stands at Rs4.38 billion. Officials from C&W Department state that the work is progressing rapidly, with efforts underway to wrap up construction by the end of June 2025. Once completed, these areas will see uninterrupted traffic flow, including adjustments at Shalimar Chowk to facilitate signal-free movement. Meanwhile, the PC-1 for a major extensionflyovers and additional underpasses at the congested Kutchery Chowkis in its final planning phase. The project is expected to cost between Rs8 to 8.5 billion and has been included in Punjab's Annual Development Programme (ADP) for the 202526 fiscal year. Funding approval will pave the way for awarding construction contracts. Efforts are also underway to include the proposed Rs1.5 billion Qasim Market Underpass project in the upcoming ADP. The Qasim Market junction currently sees severe congestion, with vehicle queues often stretching up to half a kilometre during peak hours. Currently, round-the-clock work is ongoing with a target to complete the ongoing phase within four and a half months.
