Process to hire consultant for IJP Road construction to start this week.

Byline: Kashif Abbasi

ISLAMABAD -- The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has announced that it is going to hire a consultant to expand and rehabilitate I.J. Principal Road.

In March, the civic agency had said it would soon hire the consultant but it took nine months to take a formal decision.

The civic agency on Sunday announced that hiring of the consultant would be sought through advertisements this week.

The road linking Islamabad and Rawalpindi besides connecting GT Road and Islamabad Expressway has been in a dilapidated condition for years resulting in congestion and gridlocks on a daily basis.

'The consultant will prepare complete feasibility of rehabilitation work particularly focusing on traffic load. The study includes the designing of rehabilitation of IJ Principal Road and its widening. Moreover, the consultant will also prepare the design of additional two-lane rigid pavement on both sides of the road while need-based provision of culverts and improvements in existing culverts will be also prepared,' said a statement issued by the CDA on Sunday.

The consultant will also prepare consolidated designs of interchanges at intersections on the road at 9th Avenue, 10th Avenue and 11th Avenue.

It said I.J. Principal Road was basically built to run light traffic but in 2008 heavy traffic was shifted on it. Since then, the condition of the road has been deteriorating.

'Moreover, so many...

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