Capital Development Authority (CDA) has finally opened the 7th avenue flyover for public use. The update came from the official Twitter page of Islamabad Capital Police.
عوام کی سہولت اور رش کے پیش نظر اسلام آباد کیپیٹل پولیس نے CDA کی معاونت سے 7th ایوینو فلائی اوور کو شہریوں کی آمدورفت کیلئے کھول دیا ہے۔#ICTP #SCI #ITP@PTVNewsOfficial @CDAthecapital pic.twitter.com/QcTSOEnuT9
— Islamabad Police (@ICT_Police) September 29, 2022
The original deadline for the project was October 2022. Although, later, the government decided to operationalize the roadway on August 14, 2022. Those plans were scrapped, however, due to the relentless rain.
The flyover bypasses the traffic signal previously installed at the location, facilitating traffic traveling to and from Rawalpindi, Bhara Kahu, Murree, and various areas within Islamabad.
National Logistic Cell (NLC) is spearheading this project after it became the lowest bidder. Likewise, Rawal Chowk Flyover project — which was awarded to Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) — has also been opened for traffic ahead of schedule.
IJP Road
Although the completion of these projects will alleviate traffic congestion on the expressway and other thoroughfares between the twin cities, the masses eagerly await the rehabilitation of the IJP road — another main thoroughfare under NLC’s list of ongoing projects.
It began in October 2021, with a completion deadline set for April 2023. In a review meeting held in May 2022, CDA learned that NLC had completed 41 percent of the work earlier than planned. While CDA has not disclosed its new completion timeline, the project is likely to conclude before the deadline.
After inauguration of 7th Avenue Flyover on Srinagar highway, CDA should seriously review the U Turns they have created on Srinagar highway near G9 G 10 and G 11. These U turn not only impedes smooth flow of traffic but also very hazardous for slow traffic joining high speed lanes just to take a U turn. Traffic engineering department must give a second thought and get flyovers re-approved again for safety and security of human lives.
Dear whT you propose alternate to the u-turns? I am sure, CDA won’t build interchanges on all these. If you happen to have a chance to frquently commute on sirinagar highway before u-turns, you would have known the sifference they have made. These u-turns should remain active untill flyovers/underpasses are built as replacement.
NLC and FWO in particular are doing extremely shoddy work due to low quality of construction. The still incomplete and pathetic quality of work on PWD bypass should be enough to open anyone’s eyes about this.
Organized corruption is being done whereby NLC and FWO are exclusively being given projects by default by CDA both of whom have atleast 30% cost benefits through tax and duty exemptions while their private sector competitors enjoy no such exemptions or rebates. What else can be expected from Lumber 1 welfare organizations?
Plz restart the work on 9th Avenue flyover on IJP road n complete the work which was started about One year ago
That’s not a 9th avenue flyover. That’s IJP road flyover and will get complete with IJP road completion.
Though 7th Avenue flyover is operational now But the portion of Srinagar Highway underneath the flyover is taking long time & there is a lot of traffic on this Srinagar Highway causing a great inconvenience