Construction of Margalla Town underpass to be restarted.

ISLAMABAD -- The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has decided to restart construction work of Margalla Town underpass, which was halted last month because its design was being improved.

A senior officer of CDA said that some changes have been made in design of the underpass to improve it and soon the civic agency will restart its construction work.

He made it clear that there will be no change in location of the underpass and work will be restarted.

He said that service road of Marglla Town will be dualised for proper utilisation of the underpass.

'We are not only going to restart the underpass, but service road will be dualised and expansion of Garden Avenue from 7th Avenue to Murree Road/Rawal Road flyover will also be carried out,' the officer said and added that this issue will also be taken up in the upcoming CDA-Development Working Party meeting.

CDA officer says some changes have been made to its design

The official said that the DWP meeting was slated to be held last Friday, however, it was postponed for a few days and it is expected that it will be held on Tuesday. Besides, the abovementioned service road, the source said that the DWP will also give approval to a mega project worth Rs10 billion for development of rural areas.

Last month, the multi-million Margalla Town underpass project saw abrupt closure when the civic agency identified technical flaws in its own approved design after launching work and spending millions of rupees on it.

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