Islamabad: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has announced its decision to hire a consultant for carrying out a survey of the roads and other public infrastructural facilities in the capital city that require repair work, a news source reported. This professional would further aid the authority in the creation of a data bank of missing roads, streets, and other required constructions in the city’s urban locations.
CDA Chairman Amer Ali Ahmed stated that the authority had been carrying out the repair and maintenance works in a haphazard manner – resulting in the negligence of some areas. He added that a survey of the entire city for assessing, estimating, and executing the repair work was the need of the hour.
Ahmed said that after the completion of the said survey, CDA would carry out the development work on need basis instead of ‘pick and choose’ basis.
The CDA Departmental Working Party (DWP) would conduct its meeting on January 8, during which the officials concerned would take up the issue of hiring services of the consultant. Director Technical Faisal Naeem stated that they would hire the consultant through a competitive bidding process. He added that in the future, CDA would carry out all repairs and establish new road networks based on the results of the survey.
Naeem stated that after the survey, they would have a data bank of infrastructure in need of repairs for the first time ever.
Meanwhile, the upcoming meeting of the CDA-DWP would discuss the PC-I and PC-II of different development projects in Islamabad; including the revised PC-I of the construction of the multi-purpose Parade Ground. The officials concerned will present the rehabilitation and widening of Korang Road between Margalla Town’s Phase I and Phase II, PC-I of Traffic Management Solution at Rawal Chowk and Park Road, and construction of eight pedestrian bridges at various locations of the city for approval.
