SIALKOT, Pakistan: Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Monday performed the ground breaking of the Rs 45 billion four-lane road Sialkot-Lahore Motorway project near Sambrial by unveiling the plaque.
The 89 kilometers long motorway would be constructed jointly by the Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) and National Highway Authority (NHA), and it would connect the two major business centres after its completion in around 24 months.
In his briefing, the Director General FWO Major General Muhammad Afzal said the FWO would perform the maintenance of the motorway and also contribute to the national exchequer through the collected taxes.
The Director General FWO also briefed the prime minister about the numerous other road construction projects that were linking vital trade centres of the country and contributing to the national progress and development.
The motorway would begin at the Lahore by-pass interchange on N-5 which would also connect it to the M-2 near Kala Shah Kaku. It would end around 15 km west of Sialkot.
The Minister for Defense Khawaja Muhammad Asif and DG FWO Major General Muhammad Afzal were present.
