KARACHI, May 2: The Works and Services Department of the city government has started construction of the flyover at Hassan Square intersection to cater to traffic to and from Sir Shah Suleman Road.

The Rs174.596 million flyover project is being constructed under the Tameer-i-Karachi Programme and is expected to be completed in four months.

A city government Official told Online that the project was delayed for five months as the present city nazim had rejected the old plan conceived by the former city government.

The former city government had planned two flyovers and two underpasses at this intersection. It had planned to construct a dual-carriage way flyover at the Hassan Square intersection to facilitate traffic to and from Sir Shah Suleman Road in Phase-I.

Another flyover was to be constructed at this intersection to cater to traffic to and from the University Road in Phase-II. This flyover was to overpass the Sir Shah Suleman flyover.

It had also planned to construct two underpasses to make this intersection signal-free. The right-turn underpass was to be constructed to channelize traffic from Liaquatabad to the old Sabzi Mandi.

The right-turn underpass was to be constructed to cater to the Sir Shah Suleman traffic going towards the University Road, the official maintained.—Online