The flyover of the Rawal Dam interchange project is expected to open to traffic after one week as continuous rains have hindered asphalt work.
According to the target set by the Capital Development Authority (CDA), the flyover was assumed to be opened on Monday (today), but, officials said due to the ongoing rain spells during the last few days, the flyover would be opened after one week, provided that rain is lenient.
The official said “Our target is to open the flyover bridge to traffic within one week. Meanwhile, balance works including underpass are likely to be completed within one month,”
A press release issued by the CDA stated that due to the special interest of the management, the project had invaded its final stages, add on that filling work had been completed on both slops of the interchange. Instructions have been issued to the formation concerned to carry out more compaction to minimize the effects of recent rains on construction activities in order to ensure the provision of high and quality travel facilities.
According to the PC-I, the project is supposed to be completed in October this year and CDA officials are expecting that they will complete it by the first week of September.
The project, worth Rs1.1 billion, was inaugurated in July 2020, but work on it properly start in October of the same year, which is to be completed in October this year.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif ordered an inquiry during his visit to the construction site, into it and said that it must be completed by September this year. Since then, the CDA management has been making an effort to complete it in accordance with the deadline set by the prime minister.
