{"id":62950,"date":"2020-03-21T10:00:28","date_gmt":"2020-03-21T05:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=62950"},"modified":"2020-03-19T17:43:10","modified_gmt":"2020-03-19T12:43:10","slug":"islamabad-expressway-update-march-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/islamabad-expressway-update-march-2020.html","title":{"rendered":"Construction work to resume on Islamabad Expressway&#8217;s PWD Underpass, Korang Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on the Capital Development Authority (CDA) Affairs Ali Nawaz Awan has said that the government has issued directives to resume construction of the PWD Underpass and the Korang Bridge on the Islamabad Expressway, according to a news source. He shared this information during a press conference held on March 16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kashmir-highway-islamabad-expressway-development-work-to-be-completed-soon.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Kashmir Highway, Islamabad Expressway development work to be completed soon (opens in a new tab)\">Kashmir Highway, Islamabad Expressway development work to be completed soon<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said that the CDA has been directed to resume work on the construction of the Islamabad Expressway part linking Koral Interchange and T-Chowk on GT Road. The expressway projects are of immense importance as hundreds of thousands people use the road on a daily basis. Due to current road condition, traffic jams here have been a constant problem, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"http:\/\/zameen.com\/news\/approval-sought-bridge-underpass-construction-islamabad-expressway.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Approval sought for bridge, underpass construction on Islamabad Expressway (opens in a new tab)\">Approval sought for bridge, underpass construction on Islamabad Expressway<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per the information share by the sources within the CDA, PWD underpass could be completed within a time frame of eight month, whereas the Korang Bridges will take 20 months to operationalise. Reportedly, the CDA has completed all the formalities to float the project tender and now awaits the official notification from government. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/islamabad-expressway-completed-on-ppp-mode.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Islamabad Expressway\u2019s remaining part to be completed on PPP mode (opens in a new tab)\">Islamabad Expressway\u2019s remaining part to be completed on PPP mode<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In February, the Executive Committee of the National\nEconomic Council dropped the PC-1 submitted for the project, while the CDA\noffered to complete the project from its own resources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on the Capital Development Authority (CDA) Affairs Ali Nawaz Awan has said that the government has issued directives to resume construction of the PWD Underpass and the Korang Bridge on the Islamabad Expressway, according to a news source. He shared this information during a press conference held on March 16. Read: Kashmir Highway, Islamabad Expressway development work to be completed soon He said that the CDA has been directed to resume work on the construction of the Islamabad Expressway part linking Koral Interchange and T-Chowk on GT Road. The expressway projects are of immense importance as hundreds of thousands people use the road on a daily basis. Due to current road condition, traffic jams here have been a constant problem, he added. Read: Approval sought for bridge, underpass construction on Islamabad Expressway As per the information share by the sources within the CDA, PWD underpass could be completed within a time frame of eight month, whereas the Korang Bridges will take 20 months to operationalise. Reportedly, the CDA has completed all the formalities to float the project tender and now awaits the official notification from government. Read: Islamabad Expressway\u2019s remaining part to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":62954,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20385],"tags":[23562,23563],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-62950","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-development-projects","8":"tag-islamabad-expressway-construction-news","9":"tag-islamabad-expressway-development-updates","10":"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>Islamabad Expressway Update March 2020 - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on the Capital Development Authority (CDA) Affairs Ali Nawaz Awan has said that the government\" \/>\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\/islamabad-expressway-update-march-2020.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Islamabad Expressway Update March 2020 - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on the Capital Development Authority (CDA) Affairs Ali Nawaz Awan has said that the government\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/islamabad-expressway-update-march-2020.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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