ISLAMABAD – 118 kilometer Havelian Thahkot Motorway project likelyinauguration revealed.
79 KM Mansehra–Thakot section of 118 km long Thakot-Havelian Motorway isone of the early harvest projects of China Pakistan Economic Corridor(CPEC) has been completed over 98% physical work, according to NationalHighway Authority (NHA).
[image: Havelian-Thakot Motorway work 98% completed | Daily Times]
About 40 kilometer section from Shah Maqsood inter-change to Mansehra hadbeen inaugurated by Prime Minister Imran Khan in November last year, headded.
He said work on Havelian-Thakot Motorway project started in September 2016and it would cost Rs133 billion.
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Ninty percent of the project had been funded by China Exim Bank while the10 percent was being funded by Government of Pakistan, he said.
The motorway starts from Havelian, passes through Abbottabad, Mansehra andShinkiari, and ends at Thakot.
The motorway has five tunnels, two at Abbottabad and one each at Battal,Karmong and Mansehra. Upto Mansehra, its 39 km portion has six-lanecontrolled access portion while the remaining 79 km would be four-lanehighway.
