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CDA announces early deadline for Islamabad Expressway Project

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ISLAMABAD: January 30 - Heavy machinery being used during expansion work of Islamabad Expressway. [APP/MAF/ADZ/ZID]

ISLAMABAD: Capital Development Authority (CDA) chairman Muhammad Ali Randhawa ired over a delay in the completion of the Islamabad Expressway project which has missed two deadlines.

Chief Commissioner Islamabad Muhammad Ali Randhawa gave a new deadline for Expressway’s completion and asked the department concerned to wrap up the project by Aug 14 instead of Sept 30.

During his visit to the project site for inspection, the CDA chief asked the contractor and CDA’s engineering staff to complete the ongoing work for its inauguration by Aug 14 to make the Expressway a signal-free corridor.

According to a press release issued by the CDA, the chairman inspected the ongoing construction work at Swan Bridge, Japan Underpass, Railway Bridge, Bhinder Bridge & other sections of the project.

On the directions of Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, construction work on this long-delayed project has been carried out at a record speed, the statement said.

Earlier, the original deadline for the Islamabad Expressway project was March 2024, which was extended to September 30 this year. However, the CDA chairman set a new deadline and asked the staff to complete the project by August 14.

CDA officials said that project inauguration on Aug 14 is feasible as we are in a position to complete this project as soon as possible. “Work on several bridges – part of the project – has been completed whereas the railways’ bridge has 90pc of its work finished.” However, The Binder Bridge is under construction.

The CDA had awarded a contract worth Rs10.9 billion to the Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) for the rehabilitation and expansion of the seven-kilometer portion of the Expressway, from PWD Interchange to G.T. Road in Rawat in September 2022.

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