The National Highway Authority (NHA) has handed over five metro stations to the Capital Development Authority (CDA) as well as a portion of the metro track from Peshawar Mor to the railway bridge.
In the second phase, NHA will hand over the remaining two stations and the main platform to CDA, following which the apex civic authority will run the metro bus service that will operate from Peshawar Mor to Islamabad International Airport (IIA).
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CDA will install a ticketing and Information Technology (IT) system at the metro bus stations before starting the service.
The federal government directed the civic body to take over the project and asked the Interior Minister, Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, to devise a plan for the smooth transfer of the project to CDA.
The 25.6-kilometer project was inaugurated in 2017 and was expected to be operational by August 2018, however it was delayed due to financial constraints.
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The incumbent management of NHA has increased the speed of the work, and it is almost complete with some final touches to be made.
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