Zubair Qureshi
The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has prepared Project Cycle-I (PC-I) of the Peshawar Mor- Islamabad International Airport Metro Bus project and according to this project, the authority would outsource different tasks like procurement of the air-conditioned buses, security, IT and infrastructure etc to four different contractors.
The PC-I of the metro bus service includes Fleet acquisition, IT, Security Surveillance and AFC System Acquisition, Construction of Allied Infrastructure i.e Command and Control Centre.
Operation & Maintenance will be outsourced through four (different Service Contracts, said a handout released by the Capital Development Authority on Sunday.
Furthermore, preliminary cost estimation is also part of PC-I. The PC-I for the metro bus service further includes Operations of 30-New Air-conditioned Buses (preferably electric buses) plying on a Fixed Time Schedule. Capital Development Authority will act as implementing agency for the project.
However, after the establishment of Capital Mass Transit Authority, the operations of the Metro Bus Service will be handed over to the successive Authority.
The meeting presided by Capital Development Authority Chairman and attended by others including representatives of ICT admin evaluated the PC-1 of the project which will be submitted to the government which will finalize and fund the proj-
ect.
The requirement for comprehensive public transport system for Islamabad was reviewed by local as well as international consultants and it was agreed that the city needs mass transit system for removal of traffic congestion and for public facilitation.
The project comprises of 25.60 km of signal free corridor starting from Peshawer Morr and terminating at New Islamabad International Airport with eight median stations. The project is being constructed by National Highway Authority.
Capital Development Authority (CDA) is all set to launch a fleet of 30 air-conditioned buses which will also be environment-friendly to roll on the Peshawar Morr-New Islamabad International Airport.
