Rawalpindi: The authority concerned has finalised the alignment of the 64-kilometre-long Rawalpindi Ring Road (RRR) project and the process to acquire land will be initiated soon, according to a news report shared on September 24.
As per the details shared, the six-lane highway will begin at the Radio Pakistan building on National Highway 5 (GT Road) and merge with the Margalla Road near Sangjani Interchange on the Peshawar-Islamabad Motorway M-1. The road will take the route via M-1 and then head to the Islamabad International Airport from where it will loop around the CPEC route and head to the Margalla Road while passing close to the Sangjani Interchange.
The PKR 50 billion road project will be developed by through a public-private partnership (PPP) mode, whereas the land acquisition task will be handled by the city administration. For land acquisition, the Punjab government has already transferred the allocated PKR 6.2 billion in deputy collectors’ account.
The ring road will have eight interchanges; one each at the following points: Radio Pakistan, Kala Kotha, Murat, Khasala Khurd, Chakri, Fateh Jang Road, Hakla and Sangjani. The project will be completed in three phases. Construction of the 51.7 km-long road patch linking Radio Pakistan on GT Road with Hakla on CPEC Route will be carried out under the first package. The 9.3-kilometre road linking Hakla with M-1 will be constructed under package two. Under the third package, a 4.5-kilometer road linking M1 with Margalla Road will be constructed.
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