On the direction of Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif, a comprehensive province-wide programme has been launched for the restoration and rehabilitation of road infrastructure across Punjab, with strict instructions to ensure transparency, quality standards and adherence to timelines in all development projects.
CM orders strict quality, transparency in road construction projects
LAHORE, Jun 01 (APP): On the direction of Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif, a comprehensive province-wide programme has been launched for the restoration and rehabilitation of road infrastructure across
Punjab, with strict instructions to ensure transparency, quality standards and adherence to timelines
in all development projects.
According to a handout issued here on Monday, the chief minister said that road construction and rehabilitation work under the “CM Local Roads Programme” was progressing rapidly across various districts of the province.
She said modern and durable infrastructure remains a top priority of the provincial government to facilitate the public.
She has also made compliance with lane and line discipline mandatory in Lahore and other major cities,
directing strict enforcement to improve traffic flow and ensure road safety. In this regard, multi-billion-rupee transport infrastructure and bus stop projects had already been approved for Faisalabad, Gujrat,
Gujranwala, Rawalpindi and Multan.
Under her directives, the work was also underway on mass transit projects in Faisalabad and Gujranwala to provide modern and efficient travel facilities to citizens. The chief minister has further ordered the implementation of a modern traffic management system in Lahore and other key cities of Punjab.
She also directed that solar-powered streetlights be installed on all newly constructed roads to promote energy efficiency and enhance public safety.
The CM said that more than 30,000 kilometres of roads had already been constructed, repaired or rehabilitated across the province under ongoing development initiatives. She added that major highways in Murree had been restored under the “Restoration of Roads” programme to facilitate tourists and local residents.
