RAWALPINDI: The Kutchery Chowk remodelling project, with new flyovers and underpasses designed to make the crossing signal-free, will likely open to traffic on Tuesday next week.

Chief Traffic Officer (CTO) Farhan Aslam confirmed that the Kutchery Chowk will be opened for traffic next week , possibly on Tuesday. Thousands of commuters will be relieved of the inconvenience they have had since the construction work on the remodeling project began in November 2025.

Though the traffic was diverted on alternative roads which were in dilapidated condition, this consumed precious time, extra fuel cost, cost of repairs of vehicles, and also raised health issues due to moving clouds of dust around district courts and Police Lines headquarters.

“With the opening of Kutchery Chowk, traffic, particularly for those who use this intersection, will be able to move smoothly without any delay,” the CTO said.

He said Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz would inaugurate the Kutchery Chowk project next week.

A pedestrian bridge from the FBR building to the gate of district courts, Jhelum Road and a separate bridge from Fatima Jinnah University to Adiala Road bus stand have also been built.

After the opening of Kutchery Chowk to traffic, over 250,000 vehicles would pass through the square without congestion and traffic signals, while pedestrians would use the iron bridges to cross the roads.

Shuakat Shafiq, a resident of Bahria Town Phase VII, said it was no less than a gala day for him when he would smoothly travel from his house to his Peshawar Road office.

A resident of Chaklala Scheme III said “new projects have been launched and completed, but after that they were not maintained like Soan Bridge, where there are no lights at night”.

Published in Dawn, May 7th, 2026