Sixth road fly over to be completed by Jan 6

[Salman]

RAWALPINDI - Sixth road fly over costing around Rs 1. 04 billion will be completed by January 6. Completion of this fly over would save an estimated amount of Rs 350 million annually being incurred on other resources by the government to ensure steady traffic on the interaction.
The fly over project, which was started on September 24, 2012, had reached the final phase of completion. Prior to construction of the fly over, it took every vehicle four to five minutes to cross the intersection and now the same route would be covered in a round-off time of 45 seconds.
The fly over was being constructed under the supervision of the Highway Department by contractors of the National Logistics Cell (NLC) and Habib construction company.
Work on the project had picked up pace and was set to be completed before schedule as the original time for its accomplishment was set at 120 days, but now it would be completed within a time frame of a 100 days.
Punjab Highway SE Farhat Munir said the fly over bridge was 245 metres long and the Faizabad side of the project had been completed. Ramps having a length of 100 and 115 metres have also been built on both sides of the fly over, he added.
He said payment of Rs 100 had been made to the Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA), Sui gas, the Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA), Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) and other departments on account of utility services. Meanwhile, Rs 8 million had been paid to the Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) for installation of signals and Rs 3 million would be spent on landscaping of the fly over, he added. In addition, 144 girders, 14 pillars and 76 piles made of concrete have been utilized in the fly over project, he informed.
It is important to mention here that the sixth road venue would become a signal free intersection with the completion of this fly over project