Staff Reporter Islamabad
National Highway Authority (NHA) committed to provide a safe and modern transportation system as it constructed Faisalabad-Khanewal Motorway (M4) during the financial year 2020-21.
NHA, during the year, also revised the construction of Burhan-Havelian Expressway (E-35) 29.1 km.
Similarly, the other achievements during the period were construction of Faisalabad-Khanewal Motorway (M-4) 184 km, construction of roads network for Islamabad International Airport, main link, Thalian link & periphery road (26 km), Karachi-Hyderabad M-9 (134.5 km) and construction of KKH Phase-II Havelian-Thakot (118.057 km) under China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
He said NHA is improving east-west connectivity through construction of numerous bridges across river Indus as well as across the Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi and Sutlej rivers to bring the western segment at par with the eastern one.
He said the Transport and Communications of 257 eastern and western parts will be further augmented with major projects like Karachi-Lahore Motorway, Multan-Sukkur Motorway and Hakla-D.I.Khan Motorway under the China Pak Economic Corridor.
According to Economic Survey, the present NHA network comprised of 39 national highways, motorways, expressways and strategic roads.
