Under-construction Lahore-Sialkot Motorway Expected To Become Operatinal By August
Faizan Hashmi Published January 17, 2019 | 08:07 PM
Under construction 91 kilometre north-south motorway linking industrial city of Sialkot with Punjab capital Lahore is likely to be accomplished this year and may become operational by August
A National Highway Authority (NHA) official informed APP on Thursday that Lahore-Sialkot Motorway (SLM) was being constructed at the cost of Rs 44 billion. The four-lane Lahore-Sialkot Motorway has been divided in four sections on Build Operate and Transfer (BOT) basis and the construction work on all sections was briskly underway.
The official said the motorway has seven interchanges, eight flyovers, 40 bridges and 70 underpasses. It would be linked with Lahore-Islamabad Motorway (M-2) and Grand Trunk Road (N-5) through Lahore link road near Kala Shah Kaku.
He said that the construction of 21 km Kala Shah Kaku-Muridke Section was near completion and may to be opened for traffic in near future.
He said that the four-lane motorway, having eight interchanges, would help reduce travel distance between Sialkot and Lahore and would open new vistas of socio-economic and human development in Sialkot region.
The motorways east bound exits include Lahore, Sialkot Bypass, Kala Khatai, Narowal,Wahndo, Mundeke, Pasrur and Sialkot while its west bound exits include Kala ShahKaku (M-2 inter-change),Muridke,Eimanabad, Gujranwala City, Daska, and Wazirabad.
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