Thanks, appreciated.
Thank you all for the appreciation.
@Arshad Khan. Margalla Avenue (MA)will not form a T-junction with GT road but will be linked through slip roads. MA ends about 100 meters before GT Road (as you can see in the pictures also) because the plan is to build a bridge/flyover over the GT Road to extend MA till the sangjani interchange through a new road whose feasibility report has already been prepared.
The access point for the slip roads is located about 75-100 meters after the Fecto Cement factory road on your left when you are coming from Taxila side.
Thanks a lot Amjad Sb.. Much appreciated :)
Just a thought.. Isn't MA a bit narrow on each side?
It is not narrow, it is under construction, it is a big road.
Great effort sir…
It was planned as a wider road. But due to cost and land acquisition issues, the decision was made by the previous government to revise the design and make it narrow. I will see if i can dig out the link.
I think it looks like 2 lane sadly 
The width of Margalla Avenue is the same as that of the Existing Kashmir Highway, it is a four lane road i.e. Two lanes each side, which should be good enough for now.
Yes, it is big enough.
Any one knows how MA will be linked with B-17 ?
Rehman bhai it will not be linked directly. Multi is not paying for its construction so why should they link it to Multi's project. From B-17 you will have to come to GT Road and then get on to Margalla Avenue.
In the future if it is extended to cross through Zone 2, then Multi will construct a link to the extended Margalla Avenue.
This is what Multi Officers are saying. If you ask them about when Margalla Avenue will cross Zone 2 and reach Motorway, they have no idea as it depends on CDA. And you know how tough it is for CDA to acquire land and take possession of land. Even in the first part of MA there are issues of land so the extended portion will be a bigger challenge. May be 10 years or less or more. Who knows.
Once Margalla Avenue will be opened, its next phase will come into consideration. When approved, the AWT management would like to get that phase completed soon and if they decide on that, you will see the second portion getting developed much faster…there is a good reason why the govt gives some difficult projects to FWO and NLC at much higher rates, its because they can deal with troublemakers much more effectively (read “Dunda”). Although I am not aware of any plan to link Margalla Avenue to B-17 as part of its design.
Many thanks for sharing the update Syed Sb,
These are some concrete steps which zone-2 investors are hoping and looking for prosperity and more investors pooling in this year.
Cheers,
@ PK 1 and Syed amjad is Wapda town is a good long term investment keeping in view MA will connect to sangjani interchange
Good effort Shah G…any update on the proposed diversion of MA, which we heard in newspapers few weeks ago that CDA has planned a diversion of MA to avoid Shaha ALLAH dita disputed area( almost 3 km patch which comes in the way of MA),to by pass it???
Any update?
Easing traffic: City managers mull over ‘ring road’ along Margallas
http://tribune.com.pk/story/671522/easing-traffic-city-managers-mull-over-ring-road-along-margallas/
Great news Ali, i wish if it comes true, it will bring a tremendous change and boost to complete Zone- 2.
@Bluedoctor. The news was there but there is nothing concrete on ground yet. Even if this diversion plan is implemented, it will take sometime to get the work done on the ground as there are several steps involved including possible acquisition of small areas in new right of way, new engineering designs and surveys, revision of PC-1 and offcourse, revision in contractual terms of the company building the road. Announcements can be made in no time but implementing them can take a very long time, this is government for you.
Lastly, the way CDA is being run, non of their announcements have any credibility with the people unless there is any visible action. People have started to see through the game of CDA officials who working in connivance with some property dealers issue/leak targeted announcements to jack up prices in different areas, every now and then. Just compare it with how the RDA is working in preparation of the Metro bus project in Rawalpindi which is to be inaugurated on 28th February. When the intention is to get something done, actions speak louder than words.
The part of Margala Avenue already built will not be changed. It will be taken from D-12 onward to near Murree Road. It will run parallel to Margalla Road not Margalla Avenue becz it is Margalla Avenue itself. Margalla Road is different, it is the one on which there is Marghazar Zoo and Daman-e-Koh Road.