ISLAMABAD – The Lahore-Abdul Hakeem section of M-3 Motorway inaugurationhas been announced by the Federal government.
It is scheduled to be opened for traffic by February 15, a senior officialof National Highway Authority said.
According to an official, all physical work of this section had alreadybeen completed but due to some technical issues such as delay in approvalfor deployment of motorway police on this section, the motorway could notyet been opened.
He informed that the Gojra-Shorkot section of Faisalabad-Multan motorwaywas also near completion and it would be opened for traffic by next month.link[image: View image on Twitter]link:View image on Twitter]link:View image on Twitter]link:View image on Twitter]link
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He said the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) funded Multan-Sukkurmotorway is likely to be opened for traffic by August this year as work onthe project is in progress according to the set schedule and there is nodelay in the project.
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“At present 83 percent of total work has been completed, out of which 392kilometer roadbed and culvert passage, and other structures have alreadybeen completed,” the official added.
Up to now, all the bridges are completed, and asphalt pavement works areadvancing at full speed, and the building construction and ancillary worksalso being implemented actively.
The Multan-Sukkur motorway is part of Peshawar-Karachi Motorway which isalso known as the Eastern Rout of CPEC. This rout starts from Karachi viaHyderabad, Sukkur, Multan, Islamabad, Lahore and other cities, and ends inPeshawar with a total length of 1,152 kilometers.
Sukkur-Multan has a design speed of 120 km per hour, and it is a two-waysix-lane road with a contractual value of USD 2.889 billion (excluding $180million tax exemption).
The Export-Import Bank of China provides loan support and China StateConstruction Company Limited (CSCEC) is responsible for construction onEngineering Procurement Construction (EPC) basis.
With a contract period of 36 months (including design period of fourmonths), the project officially started on August 5, 2016.
