Construction of dual carriageway link road

[Salman]

Construction of dual carriageway link road
City Reporter

Monday, October 14, 2013 - Lahore—The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) has started construction of a new dual carriageway link road from LOS Ferozepur Road to Multan Road ending near Samanabad Mor to reduce travelling to Motorway M-2 and Ring Road at an estimated cost of Rs. 1846 million.

The contract of road construction has been granted through open tender to a private construction company while LDA and National Engineering Services of Pakistan (NESPAK) will supervise the project.

Under the project, the existing four kilometres long road alongside the Samanabad Nullah to Gulshan-e-Ravi would be rehabilitated and widened upto 60 feet consisting three lanes from each side. The construction of the road would be completed within the next six months and it would help ease the traffic flow of more than 50,000 vehicles daily besides reducing travelling time from Ferozepur Road to Motorway M-2 Babu Sabu Interchange.

In the first phase of the project, LDA has demolished illegal construction from the LOS side of the road while from Multan Road, Poonch House Colony, where dozens of illegal houses had been constructed, LDA will launch an operation during the current mont