RAWALPINDI: Nawaz Sharif Flyover on Adiala Road has been opened for traffic even though its service roads are yet to be completed.

A senior official of Communication and Works Department told Dawn that work on the service roads will be completed as soon as possible after diverting traffic on the flyover soon. He said lights and decoration work on the flyover had already been done. He said electricity poles would be relocated within two to three days and the carpeting of the service roads will be completed in a week.

The total cost of the project was Rs2.113 billion. The flyover is 1915 feet long and 52 feet wide.

On the other hand, the senior official of the Communication and Works Department said carpeting of double barrel GPO underpass on The Mall had been completed and work on service roads started.

“We did not stop construction work during Eid holidays and completed the carpeting and water drainage lines,” he said that added that work on service road had been started on Tuesday.

He expressed the hope that the work would be completed by June 20. He said that the chief minister was likely to inaugurate the flyover and underpass the same day.

The GPO underpass is one kilometre long and being constructed at a cost of Rs4.6 billion from TM Chowk in front of GHQ to the Military Hospital to make The Mall signal-free.

The underpass will benefit about 250,000 vehicles daily and resolve traffic jams in the area.

Published in Dawn, June 11th, 2025