Rs3bn AFIC underpass planned as part of signal-free corridor in Rawalpindi

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RAWALPINDI: The Punjab Highway Department has prepared a PC-I and design for an underpass in front of the Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology (AFIC) on The Mall at an estimated cost of Rs3 billion and is awaiting formal approval from the Punjab government. A senior district administration official told Dawn that the Punjab government wanted to make the road from Koral Chowk to Motorway Chowk signal-free so that commuters could travel from Islamabad Expressway to Motorway Chowk within 20 minutes. In this regard, the paperwork had been completed. He said three government departments were working on the signal-free corridor project from Koral Chowk to Motorway Chowk. “The National Highway Authority is working to…

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