CDGK gives nod for flyover on Korangi Expressway

Karachi: The City District Government Karachi (CDGK) has approved a flyover project that will be constructed on the Korangi Expressway to ease traffic flow on Shaheed-e-Millat Road, from Qayyumabad to Jail Chowrangi.

After the completion of the flyover at the Baloch Colony-Mehmoodabad signal, the existing traffic signal on the Baloch Colony Bridge will be removed and the bridge will became a signal-free zone.

In a meeting headed by City Nazim Mustafa Kamal and attended by DCO Karachi Javed Hanif, EDOs and other officers of the CDGK, it was decided that the work on this project will be carried out without any delay and that the project will be completed in a four-month timeframe.

Besides the construction of the flyover, some of the existing roundabouts and signals on Shaheed-e-Millat Road will be replaced with U-Turns. On the occasion, the representative of the consultant firm briefed the meeting about the project and stated that traffic pressure on the Baloch Colony Expressway and at the Mehmoodabad signal has increased due to the increase in vehicles coming in after the completion of the signal-free junction and the three-tier flyover at Qayyumabad Chowrangi.

“Improving roundabouts, removing signals and building another flyover is essential to ease the pressure on existing roads,” the engineer said. Kamal approved the project and stated that the project will be completed in the next four months. He issued directives to improve the Expressway and ordered for arrangements to be made for vehicular parking in the area.