{"id":12232,"date":"2023-02-28T16:26:49","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T11:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/?p=12232"},"modified":"2023-02-28T16:26:49","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T11:26:49","slug":"pwd-road-commuters-suffer-as-islamabad-expressway-expansion-gets-delayed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/pwd-road-commuters-suffer-as-islamabad-expressway-expansion-gets-delayed\/","title":{"rendered":"PWD Road Commuters Suffer as Islamabad Expressway Expansion Gets Delayed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Commuters who frequently travel on the bumpy PWD Road are experiencing nightmares due to perpetual traffic jams and potholes, resulting in physical and financial losses.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the initial deadline of June 2021, the expansion of the Islamabad Expressway is still ongoing, causing further disruption on the PWD Road.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, many private housing societies are situated on either side of the Islamabad Expressway, which has worsened the roadblocks, according to locals.<\/p>\n<p>The long-awaited expansion of the road into a five-lane free corridor will alleviate the commute for hundreds of thousands of commuters traveling between Rawat and Islamabad.<\/p>\n<p>The details suggest that this 13 km stretch of the expansion connects over a quarter million residents living in Zone-V of Islamabad.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both; margin-top:0em; margin-bottom:1em;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/koral-pwd-section-of-islamabad-expressway-to-complete-by-april\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"dofollow\" class=\"ub0d051d3ee05983d162a4c1985349e3a\"><style> .ub0d051d3ee05983d162a4c1985349e3a { padding:0px; margin: 0; padding-top:1em!important; padding-bottom:1em!important; width:100%; display: block; font-weight:bold; background-color:#2C3E50; border:0!important; border-left:4px solid #F1C40F!important; text-decoration:none; } .ub0d051d3ee05983d162a4c1985349e3a:active, .ub0d051d3ee05983d162a4c1985349e3a:hover { opacity: 1; transition: opacity 250ms; webkit-transition: opacity 250ms; text-decoration:none; } .ub0d051d3ee05983d162a4c1985349e3a { transition: background-color 250ms; webkit-transition: background-color 250ms; opacity: 1; transition: opacity 250ms; webkit-transition: opacity 250ms; } .ub0d051d3ee05983d162a4c1985349e3a .ctaText { font-weight:bold; color:#F1C40F; text-decoration:none; font-size: 16px; } .ub0d051d3ee05983d162a4c1985349e3a .postTitle { color:#eaeaea; text-decoration: underline!important; font-size: 16px; } .ub0d051d3ee05983d162a4c1985349e3a:hover .postTitle { text-decoration: underline!important; } <\/style><div style=\"padding-left:1em; padding-right:1em;\"><span class=\"ctaText\">ALSO READ<\/span>&nbsp; <span class=\"postTitle\">Koral-PWD Section of Islamabad Expressway to Complete by April<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n<p>As a significant route, the signal-free corridor linking Zero Point in Islamabad to Rawat on the Grand Trunk (GT) Road will provide a more extensive course for traffic entering and leaving the city.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the civic agency proposed that housing societies construct interchanges at their own expense to link their entrances to the Islamabad Expressway.<\/p>\n<p>Besides, the contract for the project was granted to the lowest bidder out of two bidders to construct a four-lane road on both sides, including the construction of a service road along the PWD interchange.<\/p>\n<p>According to the details, two lanes will be allocated for heavy traffic, while two flexible lanes will be used for general vehicular traffic.<\/p>\n<p>An official explained that the CDA board authorized the project to be executed through a government contractor under the 42(F) rules of the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA), allowing government-owned organizations to directly contract with other state-owned entities.<\/p>\n<p>He assured that the work on this portion of the Islamabad Expressway began six months ago and would be completed within the allotted time frame, adding that the traffic police are also ensuring the smooth flow of traffic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Commuters who frequently travel on the bumpy PWD Road are experiencing nightmares due to perpetual traffic jams and potholes, resulting in physical and financial losses. Despite the initial deadline of June 2021, the expansion of the Islamabad Expressway is still ongoing, causing further disruption on the PWD Road. Furthermore, many private housing societies are situated on either side of the Islamabad Expressway, which has worsened the roadblocks, according to\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"img_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ProProperty-Design-Template-1000x560-3-3.jpg",1000,560,false],"medium":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ProProperty-Design-Template-1000x560-3-3.jpg",1000,560,false],"full":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ProProperty-Design-Template-1000x560-3-3.jpg",1000,560,false]},"author_name":"Firas Qureshi","categories_name":["News"],"title_text":"PWD Road Commuters Suffer as Islamabad Expressway Expansion Gets Delayed","related_stories":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?filter&per_page=4&categories=5&exclude=12232","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12232\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}