Times of Islamabad

CPEC western route mega project completion date announced

CPEC western route mega project completion date announced

ISLAMABAD – The Hakla-D I Khan Motorway project, part of western alignmentof the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor is likely to be completed by end ofthis year.

An official of National Highway Authority told APP that the motorway wouldreduce travel time between Islamabad and Dera Ismail Khan and boosteconomic activities in less developed areas of Punjab and KhyberPakhtunkhwa.

The four-lane 285-kilometre north-south motorway starts from the HaklaInterchange on Peshawar-Islamabad Motorway, near Fateh Jang, and termitesat Yarik near Dera Ismail Khan.

The motorway includes 11 interchanges, 19 flyovers, 15 bridges, 74underpasses, 259 culverts,and three major bridges one at River Sawan, oneat River Indus and third at River Koram.