{"id":101481,"date":"2025-02-25T14:16:32","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T09:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=101481"},"modified":"2025-02-25T14:16:36","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T09:16:36","slug":"rda-drops-phase-2-rwp-ring-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/rda-drops-phase-2-rwp-ring-road.html","title":{"rendered":"Rawalpindi Ring Road Phase-II faces cancellation amid traffic merger plan: RDA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Rawalpindi: The Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) has requested the Punjab government to scrap Phase-II of the Rawalpindi Ring Road Project (Thallian to Sangjani) following the approval of a traffic merger plan with the motorway. The update surfaced on February on Feb 24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/industrial-expansion-in-sialkot-rawalpindi.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PIEDMC announces industrial expansion in Sialkot, Rawalpindi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a senior RDA official stated that the merger plan, developed by NESPAK and endorsed by the National Highway Authority (NHA), includes adding two lanes to the motorway to accommodate increased traffic. Given this, RDA sees no need for Phase-II or its feasibility study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 38.3 km Ring Road from Baanth (N-5) to Thallian (M-2) was approved by ECNEC in December 2021, with a contract awarded to Frontier Works Organisation. While a joint Turkish-Pakistani venture suggested a feasibility study for Phase-II, RDA now advises against further spending, recommending a fresh study only if a shorter, cost-effective route is required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/mulberry-trees-in-islamabad-to-be-removed.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mulberry trees in Islamabad to be removed to combat pollen allergy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RDA Director General Kinza Murtaza emphasised that the motorway expansion would suffice for traffic needs in the coming years, making Phase-II redundant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rawalpindi: The Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) has requested the Punjab government to scrap Phase-II of the Rawalpindi Ring Road Project (Thallian to Sangjani) following the approval of a traffic merger plan with the motorway. The update surfaced on February on Feb 24. Read: PIEDMC announces industrial expansion in Sialkot, Rawalpindi According to a senior RDA official stated that the merger plan, developed by NESPAK and endorsed by the National Highway Authority (NHA), includes adding two lanes to the motorway to accommodate increased traffic. Given this, RDA sees no need for Phase-II or its feasibility study. The 38.3 km Ring Road from Baanth (N-5) to Thallian (M-2) was approved by ECNEC in December 2021, with a contract awarded to Frontier Works Organisation. While a joint Turkish-Pakistani venture suggested a feasibility study for Phase-II, RDA now advises against further spending, recommending a fresh study only if a shorter, cost-effective route is required. Read: Mulberry trees in Islamabad to be removed to combat pollen allergy RDA Director General Kinza Murtaza emphasised that the motorway expansion would suffice for traffic needs in the coming years, making Phase-II redundant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88,"featured_media":75801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15017],"tags":[18819,20792,54999,58585],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-101481","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-notices-announcements","8":"tag-rawalpindi-development-authority-rda","9":"tag-rawalpindi-ring-road-project","10":"tag-rda-news-and-updates","11":"tag-zameen-news-and-updates","12":"cat-15017-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>RDA Drops Phase 2 of RWP Ring Road - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"RDA asks Punjab to cancel Rawalpindi Ring Road Phase-II after approving a traffic merger plan with the motorway on Feb 24.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/rda-drops-phase-2-rwp-ring-road.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"RDA Drops Phase 2 of RWP Ring Road - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"RDA asks Punjab to cancel Rawalpindi Ring Road Phase-II after approving a traffic merger plan with the motorway on Feb 24.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/rda-drops-phase-2-rwp-ring-road.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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