{"id":84789,"date":"2022-03-22T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=84789"},"modified":"2022-03-21T17:15:48","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T12:15:48","slug":"cda-u-turns-srinagar-highway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/cda-u-turns-srinagar-highway.html","title":{"rendered":"CDA saves billions by developing U-turns on Srinagar Highway"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has saved PKR 7.5 billion by constructing three protected U-turns on the Srinagar Highway, news sources reported. The newly built U-turns, which connect Islamabad and Rawalpindi with the Islamabad International Airport, are estimated to decrease the city&#8217;s traffic problems by 70%.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/cda-srinagar-highway-signal-free.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"83726\">CDA to make Srinagar Highway signal-free<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reportedly, the first Uturn is located between G-12 and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/fgeha-issue-fresh-award.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"82861\">National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST)<\/a>, the second at Faqir Aipee Road, and the third near a bridge in G-10. It was stated that the entire exercise of constructing three U-turns was completed in 15 days. The CDA&#8217;s engineering wing developed three protected U-turns on the recommendation of Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Rai Mazhar Iqbal. In a press conference, CDA Chairman Amir Ali Ahmad stated that the administration could save billions of rupees and three years that would have been necessary to construct three overhead bridges and flyovers.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/cda-park-subsector-g-10.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"84647\">CDA set up park in subsector of G-10 Islamabad<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also praised SSP Iqbal&#8217;s efforts and problem-solving approach. He said that instead of investing billions of rupees, the authority was able to tackle the problems for just PKR 20 million.&nbsp; He further stated that a survey suggested that 115,000 cars would exit and enter Islamabad using the highway. All foreign delegates would be able to travel on signal-free roads from Islamabad International Airport (IIA) to the city centre. It would also save 100,000 hours of travel time while ensuring a safe road environment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has saved PKR 7.5 billion by constructing three protected U-turns on the Srinagar Highway, news sources reported. The newly built U-turns, which connect Islamabad and Rawalpindi with the Islamabad International Airport, are estimated to decrease the city&#8217;s traffic problems by 70%.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Read: CDA to make Srinagar Highway signal-free Reportedly, the first Uturn is located between G-12 and the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), the second at Faqir Aipee Road, and the third near a bridge in G-10. It was stated that the entire exercise of constructing three U-turns was completed in 15 days. The CDA&#8217;s engineering wing developed three protected U-turns on the recommendation of Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Rai Mazhar Iqbal. In a press conference, CDA Chairman Amir Ali Ahmad stated that the administration could save billions of rupees and three years that would have been necessary to construct three overhead bridges and flyovers.\u00a0 Read: CDA set up park in subsector of G-10 Islamabad He also praised SSP Iqbal&#8217;s efforts and problem-solving approach. He said that instead of investing billions of rupees, the authority was able to tackle the problems for just PKR 20 million.&nbsp; He&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":75427,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15013],"tags":[1846,51654,51655,51039,51653],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-84789","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-construction","8":"tag-cda-news","9":"tag-cda-saves-billions-by-developing-u-turns-on-srinagar-highway","10":"tag-srinagar-highway","11":"tag-srinagar-highway-signal-free","12":"tag-u-turns-on","13":"cat-15013-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Srinagar Highway U-turns: CDA saves PKR 7.5 billion- Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has saved PKR 7.5 billion by constructing three protected U-turns on the Srinagar Highway, news sources\" \/>\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\/cda-u-turns-srinagar-highway.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Srinagar Highway U-turns: CDA saves PKR 7.5 billion- Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has saved PKR 7.5 billion by constructing three protected U-turns on the Srinagar Highway, news sources\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/cda-u-turns-srinagar-highway.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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