Islamabad Expressway Jun 23| اسلام آباد ایکپریس وے | Islamabad Expressway Expansion | Faisal Avenue

Last year, the CDA had awarded the contract to Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) for widening of the road including construction of a Railway bridge worth over Rs2 billion. CDA officials said that work was being executed as per scheduled and it will be completed within the deadline of June this year.

However, they said that the Railway bridge (near PWD interchange) is a huge structure and it could take some extra time.

“The project could be extended for two to three months,” said an engineer of CDA. He, however, said that extra efforts were being made to complete the work within this deadline.
“In such a huge amount of work, extension of a few months in contract is not a big deal. Our focus is quality as the expressway is a highly busy road, therefore, we do not want to complete it in a rash manner,” said an official and added that expansion of the road project will be comfortably complete by June this year.

“But yes, the Railway bridge, which is part of this 2-km road project will take extra time. The eastern side of the bridge is near the completion stage and once it is completed then we will move towards the western side,” he said.

It is relevant to note here that currently, three projects are in progress on the expressway from Korang Bridge to GT road.

Furthermore, work on the second project, Korang bridge has also seen considerable delay. It was started in 2021 and was supposed to be completed in December 2021. However, a private contractor abandoned it halfway.

Later on last year, the CDA engaged FWO for remainder work. Now, the bridge is being given final touches and it is said that in the next two months, it could be opened for traffic.