Rawalpindi: RDA asks consultant to complete design of RDA Parking Plaza at Raja Bazar

[Naveed Yaseen]

Saeed Ahmed
The Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) has directed consultant M/s NESPAK to complete designing and study work of the RDA Parking Plaza at Raja Bazaar by the end of March, next year.

The Punjab government has already approved this project, said Shuja Ali, Director Land Development and Estate Planning Directorate here Tuesday.

He said work on it would commence immediately after the completion of designing and study work.

Initially work on phase-I of the project would be launched under which three-storey parking plaza would be constructed at the site of Suzuki Stand in Raja Bazaar. The RDA has already allocated Rs90 million for work on phase-I, he said. The overall cost of the project is Rs360 million. The remaining work of additional two storeys would be completed in phase-II, he said.

Replying to a question, Shuja said that in all over 500 vehicles are parked at different sites of Raja Bazaar.

The plaza in phase-I would be able to accommodate 300 vehicles for parking.

The present Suzuki stand would be shifted to the site of old building of Rawalpindi Municipal Corporation, he said.

To a question, why the old building of RMC is not being utilized for parking purposes at the moment, he said this is not possible as it is the property of Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) and the Rawal Town authorities are resisting such moves.

The land development director agreed to a question that the conversion of old RMC building into parking lot could have saved good revenue of RDA. With the completion of the phase-I of the parking plaza, the Suzuki stand would be re-shifted to its basement, he said.

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