Peshawer Traffic: Sigh of relief as flyover builders quicken work

Flyover’s construction which will finish in June been causing massive traffic jams at GT Road, a major highway.

PESHAWAR: To the relief of commuters at the Grand Trunk Road, the firm constructing the Arbab Sikander Khan Khalil Flyover has announced that the project will end six months ahead of its announced schedule.

The flyover’s construction, which the firm said will finish in June at a cost of Rs670.46 million, has been causing massive traffic jams at GT Road, a major highway. The project’s groundbreaking ceremony took place on June 22 last year and an 18-month time frame was given to complete construction.“The firm has informed the government and traffic police that 80% of the flyover’s construction has been completed,” SP Traffic Najeedur Rehman Baghvi told The Express Tribune.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 6^th, 2012.