{"id":103257,"date":"2025-09-10T07:11:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T02:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=103257"},"modified":"2025-09-09T18:16:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T13:16:10","slug":"lda-gets-greenlight-to-construct-4-major-roads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/lda-gets-greenlight-to-construct-4-major-roads.html","title":{"rendered":"LDA gets greenlight to construct 4 major roads"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) has received approval to construct four new structure plan roads at an estimated cost of around Rs9 billion in a bid to reduce traffic congestion across the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has approved the initiative, which LDA Director General Tahir Farooq described as \u201canother gift for the citizens of Lahore.\u201d He said the new roads would help ease the burden on key arteries, including Nazria Pakistan Road, Peco Road, Canal Road, Ferozepur Road, Abul Hassan Isfahani Road, Jinnah Hospital Road, and several routes in Johar Town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pkr-59-bn-approved-for-lda-development-projects.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PKR 59 bn approved for LDA development projects in Lahore<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to project details, the four roads include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Southern Corridor (Neelum Road):<\/strong> A 13.8 km road linking LDA City with Pine Avenue, divided into two packages and featuring an underpass on the railway line at Jaya Bagga Road. The Rs6.93 billion project will consist of two carriageways and two lanes, expected to be completed in six months.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Expo Centre to Khayaban-e-Jinnah:<\/strong> A 4.75 km, three-lane carriageway with solar LED lights, footpaths, and a central drain, estimated to cost Rs1.61 billion.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Shadiwal Chowk to Ghaffar Chowk:<\/strong> A 1.5 km, two-lane dual carriageway with solar lighting, walkways, and drainage, with a projected cost of Rs455.9 million.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Shoq Chowk to Doctor Hospital:<\/strong> A 2.13 km road already inaugurated, featuring two lanes, solar lighting, sewer lines, and walkways, costing around Rs653.9 million.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>LDA officials said the projects are expected to benefit millions of vehicles daily and significantly reduce traffic bottlenecks once completed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) has received approval to construct four new structure plan roads at an estimated cost of around Rs9 billion in a bid to reduce traffic congestion across the city. Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has approved the initiative, which LDA Director General Tahir Farooq described as \u201canother gift for the citizens of Lahore.\u201d He said the new roads would help ease the burden on key arteries, including Nazria Pakistan Road, Peco Road, Canal Road, Ferozepur Road, Abul Hassan Isfahani Road, Jinnah Hospital Road, and several routes in Johar Town. Read: PKR 59 bn approved for LDA development projects in Lahore According to project details, the four roads include: LDA officials said the projects are expected to benefit millions of vehicles daily and significantly reduce traffic bottlenecks once completed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":98485,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20385],"tags":[67842,233,61869,67839,234,67840,57992,7932,67841,67845,67844,67843,10378],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-103257","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-development-projects","8":"tag-expo-centre-to-khayaban-e-jinnah","9":"tag-lahore-development-authority","10":"tag-lahore-infrastructure","11":"tag-lahore-traffic","12":"tag-lda","13":"tag-neelum-road","14":"tag-punjab-cm-maryam-nawaz","15":"tag-road-construction","16":"tag-rs9bn-road-projects","17":"tag-shadiwal-chowk-to-ghaffar-chowk","18":"tag-shoq-chowk-to-doctor-hospital","19":"tag-southern-corridor","20":"tag-urban-development","21":"cat-20385-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>LDA gets greenlight to construct 4 major roads - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has approved the initiative, which LDA Director General Tahir Farooq described as...\" \/>\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\/lda-gets-greenlight-to-construct-4-major-roads.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"LDA gets greenlight to construct 4 major roads - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has approved the initiative, which LDA Director General Tahir Farooq described as...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/lda-gets-greenlight-to-construct-4-major-roads.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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