Pakistani Roads, Motorways and Highways
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$1.315b Karakoram Highway project to complete next year
The travel time from Havelian to Thakot will reduce from existing four hours to 1.5 hours after the completion of $1.315 billion Karakoram Highway (KKH) Phase-II, an early harvest project under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) framework, next year.
The road infrastructure project being completed at an estimated cost of US$ 1.315 billion, is likely to be completed in the year 2020, according to official sources on Sunday.
The project is located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province with a total length of 118 km, of which 39km is an expressway with subgrade width of 24.7m, and 79 km is Class-II highway with subgrade width of 12.3m.
After the completion of the project, the travel time from Havelian to Thakot will be reduced from 4 to 1.5 hours.
Giving further details of the project, the sources informed that commercial contract was signed on December 22, 2015, between National Highway Authority and China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC).
The project includes 105 bridges among which 60 are large bridges, 42 medium and three small bridges. There are six tunnels, among which two on expressway and four on Class-II highway.
The groundbreaking ceremony was held on April 28, 2016. On the same day, the Pakistani Government and the Export-Import Bank of China signed the government to government loan agreement, and it came into force on June 24, 2016. The project formally commenced on September 1, 2016. The construction period is 42 months.
This project is to build a new road, not an up gradation of the existing road. As it is located in the mountainous area with complicated terrain, the construction work is extremely difficult. The milestones on tunnels, bridges, subgrades are all ahead of schedule. Two tranches of advance payment have been released in 2016.
Up to now, 2071 Pakistani staff have been employed on the project which has created many indirect jobs and played a positive role in the local economic development. The project also provides a great opportunity for cultivating and training a large number of engineering talents.
The travel time from Havelian to Thakot will reduce from existing four hours to 1.5 hours after the completion of $1.315 billion Karakoram Highway (KKH) Phase-II, an early harvest project under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) framework, next year.
The road infrastructure project being completed at an estimated cost of US$ 1.315 billion, is likely to be completed in the year 2020, according to official sources on Sunday.
The project is located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province with a total length of 118 km, of which 39km is an expressway with subgrade width of 24.7m, and 79 km is Class-II highway with subgrade width of 12.3m.
After the completion of the project, the travel time from Havelian to Thakot will be reduced from 4 to 1.5 hours.
Giving further details of the project, the sources informed that commercial contract was signed on December 22, 2015, between National Highway Authority and China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC).
The project includes 105 bridges among which 60 are large bridges, 42 medium and three small bridges. There are six tunnels, among which two on expressway and four on Class-II highway.
The groundbreaking ceremony was held on April 28, 2016. On the same day, the Pakistani Government and the Export-Import Bank of China signed the government to government loan agreement, and it came into force on June 24, 2016. The project formally commenced on September 1, 2016. The construction period is 42 months.
This project is to build a new road, not an up gradation of the existing road. As it is located in the mountainous area with complicated terrain, the construction work is extremely difficult. The milestones on tunnels, bridges, subgrades are all ahead of schedule. Two tranches of advance payment have been released in 2016.
Up to now, 2071 Pakistani staff have been employed on the project which has created many indirect jobs and played a positive role in the local economic development. The project also provides a great opportunity for cultivating and training a large number of engineering talents.
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The federal government has so far released Rs16.266 billion for Lahore-Multan section (M-3 section) of the Karachi-Lahore Motorway.
The government had allocated a total of Rs 40.666 billion for this project under its Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) 2018-19, according to the latest data issued by the Ministry of Planning, Development and Reforms.
A National Highway Authority (NHA) official said that the physical work of Lahore-Abdul Hakeem section of M-3 had already been completed, however, due to some technical issues, including delay in the approval for deployment of motorway police, the section could not be opened on time.
“Now the section is scheduled to be open for traffic by February 15,” the official added.
For the construction of motorway from Burhan to Hakla on M-1, the government has so far released Rs10 billion out of total allocation of Rs 25 billion, whereas Rs1 billion have been released for land acquisition, compensation for affected properties and relocation of utilities for the construction of Burhan/Hakla to DI Khan Motorway.
Overall, the government has released an amount of Rs 37.76 billion for 45 new and ongoing projects of NHA out of total allocation of Rs 112.997 billion for the fiscal year 2018-19 (FY19)
The government had allocated a total of Rs 40.666 billion for this project under its Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) 2018-19, according to the latest data issued by the Ministry of Planning, Development and Reforms.
A National Highway Authority (NHA) official said that the physical work of Lahore-Abdul Hakeem section of M-3 had already been completed, however, due to some technical issues, including delay in the approval for deployment of motorway police, the section could not be opened on time.
“Now the section is scheduled to be open for traffic by February 15,” the official added.
For the construction of motorway from Burhan to Hakla on M-1, the government has so far released Rs10 billion out of total allocation of Rs 25 billion, whereas Rs1 billion have been released for land acquisition, compensation for affected properties and relocation of utilities for the construction of Burhan/Hakla to DI Khan Motorway.
Overall, the government has released an amount of Rs 37.76 billion for 45 new and ongoing projects of NHA out of total allocation of Rs 112.997 billion for the fiscal year 2018-19 (FY19)
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C M (GB) Inaugurates 43 Km Naltar Expressway Project.He expressed these views while inaugurating 43-kilometer long Naltar Expressway Project which would be completed at estimated cost of Rs 2.62 billion.
The Naltar Expressway project included four bridges which would be having length of 60 kilometers, he informed.The NLC was executing agency which had set up its site office to carry out the project.
The Naltar Expressway project included four bridges which would be having length of 60 kilometers, he informed.The NLC was executing agency which had set up its site office to carry out the project.
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