Route connecting areas to seaports inaugurated by PM

HARIPUR: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi inaugurated the 47-kilometre-long Burhan-Shah Maqsood Interchange of Hazara Motorway on Wednesday, which will connect the country’s northern areas with major seaports in the South.

The Hazara Motorway is an important segment of the CPEC and is the second project to attain successful completion in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after the M-1 motorway. The total length of the six-lane motorway (Burhan-Havelian) is 57 kilometres and is being completed in three phases.

The first package is from Burhan to Jhari Kas (20.40 km), second package from Jhari Kas to Sarai Saleh (19.20 km) and the third one is from Sarai Saleh to Havelian (17.10 km). The Hazara Motorway comprises 30 bridges and flyovers and 31 underpasses.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 28^h, 2017.

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