Metro bus project to be completed this year

ISLAMABAD: The Metro Bus extension project, from Peshawar Morr to the Islamabad International Airport, is expected to be completed within the current financial year.

This was stated in a written reply submitted to the National Assembly by the federal communications ministry on Thursday.

The ministry, in its reply, said that almost 90 per cent of work on the extension project, from Peshawar Morr to the airport, has been completed so far. “The project is expected to be completed within the current financial year, subject to the timely release of funds,” the reply said.

The total cost of the project was estimated to be Rs14.44 billion and the project cost had not escalated due to delays, rather it will be completed with savings, the ministry asserted.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 3^rd, 2020.