Foundation stone of BB Shaheed road flyover to be laid this month

RAWALPINDI: Chief Minister Punjab Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif will lay foundation stone of flyover on Rawal Road Chowk, Chandni Chowk at Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Road by the end of this month.

Commissioner Rawalpindi Zahid Saeed said this while talking to a local news agency. He said the flyover project would be completed at a cost of Rs 900 million.

He said an underpass at Chor Chowk on Peshawar Road Rawalpindi would also be started soon which would be built with an estimated cost of Rs 600 million.

He said under the second phase, another flyover would also be constructed at Sixth Road Chowk on Murree Road while, up-gradation and improvement of Murree Road from Naz Cinema to Fifth Road Chowk would also be started.

The Commissioner said under the special instructions of Chief Minister Punjab Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif the flyovers project would be completed within three and half months period while the project of underpass at Chor Chowk on Peshawar Road would be completed within three months period.

He said the environmental beauty would also be kept in view during execution of the projects.

He said the Chief Minister is taking keen interest in development projects of the city and solid steps are being taken for the solution of traffic problems.

He said that after construction of Rawal Chowk and Chandni Chowk flyover at Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Road, another flyover on 6th Road would also be built to make the road from Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Hospital to Faizabad signal free.

He informed that with the construction of flyovers and underpass on Chor Chowk, the traffic problems on the important and busiest roads of the city and Cantt would be resolved for about 20 years.

To a question he said, Rawalpindi city now have modern traffic control system under which traffic main signals of Murree Road are being regulated.

The new traffic control system is now working with a foreign software which is successfully working in many countries.

Under a Rs 32 million agreement with a foreign company, most modern system has been installed in the city.

He said, the software automatically turns the signals green and red according to the volume of traffic.