Rawalpindi: Rawalpindi Commissioner Capt Muhammad Mehmood has said that the route identified for the development of the Rawalpindi Ring Road (RRR) cannot be changed due to the issuance of a Section 4 notification to this effect, according to a news source. As a result of this developmental constraint, flyovers will be constructed over the locations adjacent to the route featuring existing settlements.
The commissioner
shared this information during a briefing session held to apprise Punjab Minister
for Revenue Malik Muhammad Anwar and Federal Minister Aviation Ghulam Sarwar
Khan; as well as other notable officials engaged with the RRR and Leh
Expressway projects.
The meeting attendees were further informed that the PC-1 for the RRR would be issued by March; with the project expected to be launched in FY2020-21 (subject to approval from the Punjab government).
What
is the length of RRR project?
Commissioner Mehmood confirmed that project’s total length, when combined with the Islamabad Ring Road, is 64.3 kilometres. Of this stretch, over 30 kilometres will fall in Rawalpindi linking Rawat with Thaliaan. The remaining comprise of Islamabad Ring Road, which will start at Sanjani and lead to Margalla Avenue to reach the Radio Pakistan Building on GT Road at Rawat (the RRR’s starting point).
A distinctive feature of the route is its maintained distance from the major population settlements on the outskirts of the twin cities. Terming it as an ‘economic corridor for Rawalpindi’, Commissioner aMehmood said that the RRR project will be completed by 2022.
Project
Scope
Further, Mehmood said
that the RRR would boost economic opportunities for the city’s residents and
provide farmers a direct access to the commercial markets; thereby checking
urban sprawl levels in the twin cities by defining their respective boundaries.
Mehmood added that
both the Leh Expressway and RRR were mega projects that people had been
demanding for years.
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