ISLAMABAD:Construction work of 25.6 kilometer Peshawar Mor-New Islamabad Airport Metro Bus Service is goingsmoothly and it is expected that the project would be completed byNovember this year, National Highway Authority (NHA) spokesmanKashif Zaman told APP on Monday.To ensure timely completion,he said the Rs 15 billion projecthas been divided in four packages including Package I from PeshawarMor to NUST, Package II from NUST to GT Road, Package III from GTRoad to Motorway Interchange and Package IV from MotorwayInterchange to New airport.He said on Package-I over 55 per cent civil works have beencompleted while its electro mechanical works are at procurementstage.As far as package II is concerned its 30 pc civil works havebeen completed and electro mechanical works are at procurementstage,he said adding that of Package III 19 per cent civil workscompleted while electro mechanical works are at procurement stage.On Package IV 72 pc progress has been achieved on civil works andelectro mechanical works are at procurement stage,he said.The length of Package-I is 8km, length of Package- II is3.8km, length of Package-III is 8.3km while Package-IV has 5.5 kmlength.Giving breakup of the package-wise expenditure of the project,he said the cost of the four packages would be Rs 6.58 billion, 5.5billion,Rs 1.38 billion and 1.63 billion respectively.The NHA spokesman said that work on Packages-IV had started inJune last year, on Package-III in March this year and work onPackages I and II started in April 2017.The project will have 9 bus stations including NHA Station, G-10 Station, Nust Station, G-1 Station, G T Road Station,Badana KalanStation, M-1-M2 Junction Station and Airport Station. The projectwill have 12 bridges, 26 culverts and 11 underpasses.
New Islamabad Airport Metro Bus project completion announced