The Rawalpindi Development Authority has reworked its Murree Road expansion proposal, increasing the planned widening from 15 feet to 20 feet on both sides between Liaquat Bagh and Chandni Chowk and revising the project cost to Rs. 17 billion from the earlier estimate of Rs. 8 billion.
According to an RDA official, the revised plan includes the construction of service roads along the three-kilometer stretch to reduce congestion and improve traffic movement. The authority forwarded the updated proposal to the Punjab government after the district administration recommended changes to the original design.
The project now awaits approval for inclusion in the Annual Development Programme. Under the new design, the expansion will require the acquisition of 48 kanals of land, with land procurement alone estimated to cost Rs. 17.7 billion.
The official said surveys for land acquisition are already in progress, while construction will begin after the provincial government releases funds. Once completed, the corridor is expected to become signal-free from Marrir Chowk to Faizabad. Separately, the RDA has proposed two parking plazas under the same development plan.
One plaza is planned at Benazir Bhutto Hospital on five kanals of land, with a projected cost of Rs. 1.4 billion and capacity for 480 vehicles. Another five-storey parking plaza is proposed at Commercial Market Rawalpindi, estimated to cost Rs. 2.6 billion, accommodating 700 vehicles and 100 shops as a combined commercial and parking facility.
Stay Connected with ProPakistani
Get the latest automobile news, car launches, bike reviews, videos and analysis wherever you prefer.
Add ProPakistani to Preferred Sources and see more of our stories in Google Search and Top Stories.
This is all mal planing to keep continue corruption and corrupt practices, this kind of planing is just the program of khane pena a d doesn’t works for more than 2 years. If the government really wants to make a master plan for Rawalpindi city only one bold decision can chang it entirely a d that is ” stop to give the right of the road to the people who are residing alongside the road ,because the road is the investment of all the city .. not the individual who are residing alongside road, and all over the world road are public property which can use only in public interest.
We appreciate the efforts of Chairwoman RDA for better future of the city. It is our humble request that please acquire once maximum land for widening of both sides, bcz we the owner of land faced 15ft widening about 22years back.
Our humble request is please pay some handsome amount as per market value instead of DC rate. This is our whole life earning.
Retards