Shahbaz Sharif directs completion of Peshawar Morr Interchange by mid-March

Rawalpindi

On the orders of Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif, the construction work on the Peshawar Morr Interchange has been expedited and it would be completed by mid-March this year.

In this connection, Metro Bus Project Implementation Committee Chairman Hanif Abbasi and Rawalpindi Division Commissioner Rawalpindi and RDA Director General Sajid Zafar Dal visited the site of the Peshawar Morr Interchange in Islamabad and directed contractors to speed up work and complete it by mid-March.

Brigadier (r) Sohail Abrar, project director of the National Logistics Cell (NLC), was present during the visit. He said that 90% work has been done and it would fully complete soon. The commissioner and Hanif Abbasi directed for speeding up work for its completion by mid-March because the project would be inaugurated on March 23, 2016.

The completion of the Peshawar Morr Interchange has been continuously facing delays due to slow pace of work, causing inconvenience to the residents of the twin cities.

The Rs5 billion interchange project being constructed at the junction of Kashmir Highway and 9th Avenue is being equally shared by the federal and the Punjab governments.

The construction work on the interchange has badly disrupted the smooth flow of traffic.

Interchange Project Incharge Waseem Tariq said that the total length of the underground, overhead and ramp roads is 14 kilometres with a width of one-and-a-half kilometres.

As many as eight flyovers and many roads are part of the project. He said that low relaxation imported steel has been used in girders and their life span would be over 100 years.

Initially, the Metro Bus Project, including Peshawar Morr Interchange, was supposed to be completed by December 2014. However, the project faced delay due to many reasons.