Rawalpindi: Rawalpindi Commissioner Captain (R) Mohammad Mehmood on Friday (July 3) formally sought proposals from the developers of private housing schemes for the construction of interchanges along the Rawalpindi Ring Road (RRR) route, a news source reported.
The purpose of the initiative is to arrange for some financial help for the Government of Punjab to address the traffic issues in the city by providing the required infrastructure facilities. Furthermore, the participation of the private housing schemes’ developers is also expected to increase economic activities in the neighbourhood.
According to sources within the Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA), the provincial government had decided to return the RRR project’s execution responsibility to the RDA due to resentment expressed by some private firms being engaged for the project. The government had previously announced to handover the project to the Lahore Ring Road Authority (LRRA). Sources also claim that a formal notification in this regard will also be soon issued.
In order to initiate the related developments for the said project’s execution, the Land Revenue Department is currently surveying the area to identify land owned by the provincial government and the private owners.
While presiding over a meeting held to discuss the project, the commissioner said that the project will be developed in partnership with the private sector, where the provincial government will manage PKR 8 to 9 billion of the project’s total expense. This amount is in addition to the funds allocated for the purpose of land acquisition.
The commissioner further revealed that all the homework – to help timely launch of the project’s development work – would be completed by the end of this month. Detailing on the project route, he said that the RRR will start on N-5 (GT Road) near Radio Pakistan Building and will end at Sangjani, while passing through Islamabad-Peshawar Motorway M-1 and Lahore-Islamabad Motorway M-2. From Sangjani onwards, it will then merge into the Islamabad Ring Road at Margalla Road.
The road will have a maximum speed limit of 120 kilometres per hour for cars, allowing motorists to reach Rawat from Tarnol in 1 hour and 14 minutes. The speed limit set for trucks and heavy vehicles is 50 kilometres per hours.
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