Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif would lay foundation stone of a flyover next month, to be constructed on Rawal Chowk and Chandni Chowk on Benazir Bhutto Road. The project would be completed at a cost of Rs 830 million while an underpass would also be built with more than Rs 520 million at Chor chowk on Peshawar Road Rawalpindi which would also be started next month.
Under second phase, another flyover would be constructed at Sixth Road Chowk on Murree Road while, up-gradation and improvement of Murree Road from Naz Cinema to Fifth Road Chowk would also be made.
This was decided in a special meeting held at Punjab House Islamabad. The meeting was chaired by Chief Minister Punjab Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif. Senior Advisor to Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Zulfiqar Ali Khan Khosa, Raja Ishfaq Sarwar, Members National Assembly, Shahid Khakan Abbasi, Muhammad Hanif Abbasi, Malik Abrar, Sheikh Aftab, Chairman Planning and Development, Secretary Finance, Commissioner Rawalpindi Division Zahid Saeed, DCO Rawalpindi Saqib Zafar, DG NLC Maj. General Junaid Rehmat and RDA officials attended the meeting. Commissioner Rawalpindi Division and other consultants gave a detailed briefing to the Chief Minister regarding development projects.
The Chief Minister directed that flyover on Chandni Chowk Murree Road should be completed within three and half months period while the project of underpass at Chor Chowk on Peshawar Road should be completed within three months period while the environmental beauty should also be kept in view during execution of these projects. The CM said that these projects should be completed within shortest possible time so that the citizens could take benefit to these projects. He said that solid steps should be taken for the solution of traffic problems in Rawalpindi city and difficulties being faced by the citizens should be redressed. He said that after construction of Rawal Chowk and Chandni Chowk flyover at Murree Road, another flyover on Sixth Road would also be started so that the road from Benazir Bhutto Hospital to Faizabad could be made signal free.