LAHORE: The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) Wednesday announced that the signal-free corridor Gulberg will be inaugurated on October 30.
The contractors have accelerated the construction work on the project to complete the work before inauguration date.
Meanwhile, the Planning and Development Department approved the revised PC-I worth Rs 2.3 billion for the project. Day and night work on the project sites was in progress basis to meet the target within time.
Well placed sources in LDA, while talking to APP, said that LDA revised the initial PC-I worth Rs 1.56 billion of the project which was approved by the P&D. The PC-I was revised due to additional work from Siddiq Trade Centre Junction towards the Cantonment area and other finishing works, the sources added.
According to the approved design by the Punjab government, the signal free-corridor, starting from the Liberty Roundabout to the Qurtaba Chowk at Ferozepur Road, will not only cut down road occupancy time but also will increase capacity of Jail Road and the Main Boulevard Gulberg.
During the construction work, traffic flow on this busy route has been affected due to some educational institutions including Lahore College for Women University (LCWU), APWA College for Women, Kinnaird College for Women, Home Economics College Gulberg, Service Institute of Medical Sciences (SIMS), Crescent Higher Secondary School Shadman and Fatima Memorial medical College etc.
The length of the road under the project is 7.6 kilometres and it includes two underpasses at Shadman Chowk and Fawara No 1 chowk T-Junction, near Siddique Trade Centre besides re-modelling of main boulevard Gulberg and the reconstruction of Jail Road from Sherpao Bridge to Qurtaba Chowk.
