A private company will construct the 1.5km-long flyover at a cost of Rs3 billion. STOCK IMAGE
LAHORE: Lahore Development Authority and a private company signed an agreement on Friday on build operate transfer basis, using private investment, to construct a flyover at Kahna Railway Crossing.
The company will construct a 1.5 km-long flyover on Kahna Kacha - Defence Road, railway crossing, at a cost of Rs3 billion. The two-lane dual carriageway will be 50-feet wide and walkways will be constructed for pedestrian use on both sides of the flyover.
The LDA will be responsible for shifting utility services for this purpose and will arrange the land for it. Around 9,000 vehicles will travel on the flyover daily. The private company will recover its investment by collecting toll tax from vehicles passing through the flyover for 25 years.
Defence Road is a major link between Multan Road, Raiwind Road, Ferozepur Road and Defence Housing Society. Kahna Railway Crossing, the main railway crossing, has frequent gate closures to allow trains passage because of which traffic moving to Defence Road experiences long delays. The flyover will ease the traffic flow at this junction.
It will also benefit residents of several private housing schemes in south of Lahore. It will also provide passage to the new vegetable and fruit market and facilitate movement towards Metro Bus Service.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 10th, 2015.
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