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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is likely to perform the ground breaking ceremony of the Lahore-Sialkot Motorway on Monday.
According to the National Highway Authority’s (NHA) spokesman, the 89-kilometre-long motorway is being built at a cost of Rs43 million. It is scheduled to be completed within 24 months.
This motorway is being built on public-private partnership and will start from near Kala Shah Interchange and end at Sambrial. It will have six interchanges.
The motorway is planned in response to the demands of Sialkot-based industrialists and traders. It will pass through agricultural lands and crosses several important roads connecting centres of economic activity and population.
The Motorway will pass through agricultural lands and connect several centres of economic activity.
It would attract a considerable proportion of localized traffic, providing quick connectivity.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 21st, 2016.
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