The divisional administration has set June 30 as the new deadline for the completion of the GPO underpass on The Mall, being constructed at a cost of Rs. 4.6 billion.
The ongoing construction has led to severe traffic disruption in Saddar, with motorists forced to use Haider Road as the only main alternative route. Earlier, Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz had directed that both the Nawaz Sharif Flyover and GPO underpass be completed by May 31.
However, both projects missed the target, leading to the postponement of the CM’s scheduled visit to Rawalpindi on June 2. A senior Communication and Works Department official said carpeting on one side of the double-barrel underpass has been completed.
The second lane is expected to be ready by Saturday. Construction of service roads on The Mall will begin Sunday and should be finished within a week. The official added that a drainage line has been laid to discharge rainwater into a nullah on Sarwar Road near Punjsarki Chowk.
Sarwar Road, which is being used as an alternate route, was completed on time. Managing both traffic and construction on this busy stretch has proven difficult, the official noted.
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Rules without Development is useless to invest. If Pakistan have rules for how to drive on their lanes and don’t change lanes unnecessarily then no need of upgradations and developments ever
I’m a user of both routes living in Askari 14, which forms the basis of my comments
31 May for underpass was never the timeline. From the start, the finish date was 30 Jun, the project is going ahead of time and may be ready by 25 Jun
It might be true for Nawaz Sharif Fly Over, whose deadlines have been revised multiple times from 15 Apr to 31 May to ….