Lahore: The Punjab government has given administrative approval to the revised Project Concept-1 (PC-1) of the Samanabad Underpass Project, news sources reported on September 30.
Under the revised PC-1, the Lahore Development Authority(LDA) will spend PKR 2.03 billion instead of the previously estimated PKR 1.51 billion on the road infrastructure project. As per LDA sources, the PC-1 has revised the cost in response to the inflation and increase in construction material costs. In this regard, LDA Chief Engineer II Mazhar Hussain Khan has written to the Housing and Planning Department which has, in turn, released the letter for final approval.
Moreover, the LDA has decided to start construction of the project in October and has announced that the groundbreaking is expected to be performed by Chief Minister (CM) Pervaiz Elahi. According to the PC-1, the underpass will be built in 13 months and will be 500 meters long with a 5.1-meter height and 8- meter length. The dual lane project will ease incoming traffic from Gulshan Ravi to Samanbad.
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