Pakistani Roads, Motorways and Highways

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Karakoram Highway and Passu Cones

 

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E - 35 Hazara

Updates 20/7/2018.

Bridge Near Chamba Village.

 

[ghazi52]

NLC launches vehicle recovery service

RAWALPINDI: National Logistics Cell (NLC) has launched a comprehensive recovery service for light and heavy vehicles along the entire GT Road with the aim of enhancing the efficiency and performance of logistics industry of Pakistan and facilitating general commuters. Called the NLC Dost Recovery, the service will be available 24/7 round the year and is the first of its kind along the GT Road which will alleviate the hardship being faced by commuters in general and transporters in particular in the event of mishap and breakdown. Latest machinery and equipment has been placed at important facilities on the GT Road to help motorists and truckers in timely recovery of light and heavy vehicles. A dedicated helpline – UAN number 042-111-321-321 – has been established for prompt response to salvage and rescue the disabled and damaged vehicles.

 

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N - 70

Upgradation of N-70 National Highway (Multan - Qila Saifullah) at Girdu Hills near Fort Monroe in District Dera Ghazi Khan. 33 km hilly portion of the N-70's Rakhi Gaj-Khar-Bewata section will be widened and shorted through construction of 8 steel bridges. This will shorten the distance and travel time between Multan and Quetta

 

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[Martin Peterson]

Impressive stuff.

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

N - 70

Upgradation of N-70 National Highway (Multan - Qila Saifullah) at Girdu Hills near Fort Monroe in District Dera Ghazi Khan. 33 km hilly portion of the N-70's Rakhi Gaj-Khar-Bewata section will be widened and shorted through construction of 8 steel bridges. This will shorten the distance and travel time between Multan and Quetta

Impressive.

 

[Chakar The Great]

Aerial View of Hazara Motorway Interchange at Islamabad-Peshawar Motorway M-1

 

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Motorway section to reopen this month

TOBA TEK SINGH: The motorway (M-4) Gojra-Toba Tek Singh section will reopen for traffic after mid-August while Lahore-Abdul Hakeem portion of the Peshawar-Lahore-Karachi Motorway which passes through Rajana and Pirmahal areas will reopen for traffic after a few weeks when all of its interchanges get completed.

Just two days before PML-N government’s tenure ended, then prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi inaugurated the incomplete motorway at Rajana.

Traffic was opened on both roads for just two days and as soon as the PML-N government was dissolved on May 30, the next day interchanges of M-4 located on Toba-Jhang Road and of M-3 (Peshawar-Lahore-Karachi) at Rajana were closed.

A National Highway Authority (NHA) official told that till the mid of August all remaining work and construction of the interchanges will be completed and now a new inauguration function will not be held.

He said the NHA had decided to construct four new service areas on M-4 (Pindi Bhattian-Multan portion) at Nawan Lahore and Jamani interchanges where there will be a petrol pump, a mosque, parking lot and tuck shops

 

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Aerial View of Murree/Islamabad Expressway & Murree Hills In BackGound

From 2nd August 2018, the National Highway Authority (NHA) has increased the toll tax rates by up to 10% across the country; citing inflation as the cause of increase and also the requirement for more funds to properly maintain the national assets of the country. Our roads are only 4.6% of the country’s entire road network, but carry more than 80% of the traffic.

The decision to revise the rates of toll taxes was made at NHA meeting, which was chaired by Chairman Jawad Rafique. The new taxes will generate additional PKR 5 billion revenue for the authority which will be used to maintain the national highways and motorways. It is to be noted here that NHA generated PKR 25 billion revenue in the form of toll collections in the time period between 2017-18.

New toll tax for cars on different routes is as follow:

• Khanewal-Multan: The toll tax has been increased to PKR 90 from PKR 80. There is a PKR 10 increase in the toll tax.
• Pindi Bhattian-Faisalabad-Gojra: Increased to PKR 200 from PKR 180.
• Islamabad-Peshawar: Soared to PKR 240 from PKR 210.

It is worth mentioning here that after the commencement of electronic toll collection, the car, wagon, minibus owners paying through cash will be charged an extra surcharge of PKR 20.
Tax rates for a 12-seater wagon and wagon having the seating capacity of 13-24 people are mentioned below:

Wagon up to 12 seaters

• Khanewal-Multan: From PKR 130 to PKR 150
• Pindi Bhattian-Faisalabad-Gojra: Increased to PKR 290 from PKR 260.
• Islamabad-Peshawar: Surged to PKR 400 from PKR 350.

Wagon 13-24 seats coaster/minibus

• Khanewal-Multan: The toll rate has been jacked up to PKR 200 to PKR 180
• Pindi Bhattian-Faisalabad-Gojra: Increased to PKR 430 from PKR 380.
• Islamabad-Peshawar: The previous rate was PKR 490, which has been increased to PKR 550.

See the toll rates for trucks below:

• Khanewal-Multan: The authority has increased the toll tax rates for trucks on the said route from PKR 410 to PKR 460.
• Pindi Bhattian-Faisalabad-Gojra: Has been increased to PKR 970 from PKR 860.
• Islamabad-Peshawar: The previous rate on this route was PKR 1,120, which has now been increased to PKR 1,270.

Additional surcharge of PKR 50 will be charged to trucks and buses with effect from the date of commencement of electronic toll collection on the routes.

 

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Updates 30/7/2018.

M - 5....Section-2, Sindh.

 

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Updates 31/7/2018.

Katlang Interchange. Motorway to be opened upto Katlang (50 km) in this month.

 

[Martin Peterson]

Thats some good quality construction.

 

[ghazi52]

NHA Has Planned 6 Major Motorway Projects at a Cost of $1.83 Billion

National Highway Authority (NHA) has planned to undertake six motorway projects with an estimated cost of $1.83 billion through Public Private Partnership (PPP) basis, official sources revealed.

The total length of these six projects is 572 km and would be awarded a concession term of 20-25 years. Further, the land to be provided by the government for these projects and expected rate of return is 15-20 percent, revealed documents available with ProPakistani.

NHA is promoting PPP in order to bring skills, efficiency and to augment limited public resources. NHA Act and PPP Policy also provide a legal framework for Private Sector Financing, sources added.

The 70 km Sialkot-Kharian Motorway will be a new 6-lane motorway and would be constructed at a cost of $365 million on PPP basis. The 115 km Kharian-Rawalpindi Motorway will be the new 6-lane motorway and would cost around $518 million. The 294 km Pindi Bhattian-Multan Motorway (M-4) will be converted from an existing 4-lane Motorway into a 6-lane Motorway and would cost around $727 million.

The 43 km long Nowshera-Peshawar Expressway (N-5) will also be converted into a 6-lane Expressway with an estimated cost of $100 million. The 50 km long Karachi Northern Bypass (M-10) will be converted from existing 2-lane highway into 4-lane Motorway with an estimated cost of $120 million. Further, the plan includes up-gradation, operation & maintenance of identified stretches of National Highways and Motorways.

According to the documents, NHA has initiated an ambitious program of $13.6 billion, including China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) during the last four years, and established the largest Private Sector Financing Regime through Public Private Partnership (PPP) of $ 3.4 billion with 882 km of motorway.

About 1785 km of motorways have been added into the network during the last five years and increased from 575 km in 2013 to 2360 km in 2018. Road infrastructure projects worth Rs 1.74 trillion were either completed, on-going or in planning and procurement stages since 2013, which guarantee the socio-economic development of the country, the official added.

NHA completed 35 projects worth Rs. 498 billion with a length of 2813 km since 2013. 25 major highway projects of 1460 km length are ongoing and would be completed with Rs 445 billion.

Further, 21 major projects of 3200 km are in planning and procurement stages and would be completed at a cost of Rs. 800 billion. Further Hakla-D.I.Khan motorway- 290 km western route would be completed in 2019.

 

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Lahore Eastern Bypass and Lahore-Sialkot motorway