Shoaib Ahmad Siddiqui Visits NHA Projects

Federal Secretary Communication Shoaib Ahmad Siddiqui on Monday inspected National Highway Authority's projects and facilities for travelers on National Highways & Motorways Network

KARACHI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 20th May, 2019 ) :Federal Secretary Communication Shoaib Ahmad Siddiqui on Monday inspected National Highway Authority's projects and facilities for travelers on National Highways & Motorways Network.

On the occasion, the secretary was briefed about the pace of work being carried out by the NHA.

General Manager NHA told the Secretary that a U-turn will be created at Karachi- Hyderabad Motorway (M-9) to facilitate the traffic bound to Sabzi Mandi and Gulshan-e-Maymar. It was further told that once the service road at location of existing U-Turn is completed, the one-way violation will be stopped.

The federal secretary emphasized upon completion of construction work as per schedule.

It was further told that out of 185 Km, M/s SCORE has completed 140 Km service road and work is in progress on remaining 45 Km at various stages.

During his visit, the Federal Secretary observed that road cutting is causing disruption to traffic.

It was told that rectification in 05 Km has been done while work on remaining affected locations is in progress.

It was further informed that main structure of interchanges of Baqai and Dumba Goth over 3 lane (both sides) of M-9 has been completed, whereas activities for construction of loops are progressing outside the main carriageway.