Islamabad Expressway to be Completed by December End 2022
Islamabad: By the end of this year, the Islamabad Expressway’s excessively delayed Korang bridge-PWD Interchange section is set to be finished. This will allow for a better and more efficient flow of traffic on the incredibly congested expressway that runs through the federal capital.
According to Syed Munawar Shah, Member (Engineering) of the Capital Development Authority (CDA), since the project’s engineering portion was allocated to the Frontier Works Organization (FWO), work on it has progressed smoothly.
By the end of 2023, the entire project should be finished, turning the Islamabad Expressway from Faizabad to T-Chowk on GT (Grand Trunk) Route into a 5-line-a-side signal-free road. The second phase of the project, from PWD onward to T-Chowk, has also been granted to the FWO, according to the Member (Engineering).
According to a senior officer working on the project, the bridge over the major railway track that crosses the Islamabad Highway at Korang remains the project’s most challenging obstacle. He stated that due to its long span for a bridge, this component of the project is a little difficult to handle on the west side.
The senior officer further revealed that these issues won’t significantly slow down the completion.
The physical work on this project, which was supposed to begin in October 2020, was delayed first by the COVID-19 pandemic and then by an extraordinary rise in the cost of the essential construction.
Due to the circumstances, the original contractor who had been given the job had to continue working. Eventually, the company entered into an assignment contract with the FWO, which began construction by deploying a large number of workers and equipment.
There are occasions when things get out of hand due to the excessive traffic, particularly the lengthy cars and overloaded trucks, especially during rush hours. The Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) used to prohibit the movement of all heavy and goods transport vehicles as a traffic management measurement from 7 am to 9 am and from 5 pm to 7 pm, which for a while worked pretty well for lighter traffic.
However, for some reason over the past several months, the ban on the movement of heavy and transport vehicles during the busiest travel times seems to have been abolished.
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