Islamabad: Capital to have three more boulevards

Habib Asgher

ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) is planning to construct three more avenues in the federal capital.

“Planning work on 6th Avenue, 10th and 11th Avenue is underway and the civic agency has issued Terms of Reference (ToR) to eight designing firms including two international companies,” a Capital Development Authority (CDA) official told The Post Monday.

He said pre-qualified companies would submit their financial and technical proposals within 45 days of the issuance of TORs. He maintained constructing new avenues was according to the CDA’s Master Plan and hoped that the work on all three avenues would start by the year’s end.

It may be mentioned that 6th Avenue will run between sectors F-5-F-6 and G-5-G-6, connecting Margalla Road to Kashmir Highway.

While 10th Avenue will connect Margalla Road to IJP Road and pass through sectors F-9, G-9, H-9, I-9 and F-10, G-10, H-10, I-10. Similarly, stretching from Margalla Road to IJP Road, 11th Avenue will run between sectors F-10, G-10, H-10, I-10 and F-11, G-11, H-11, I-11.

The authority would execute construction simultaneously on all the three projects, the official said. He added the avenues would be signal-free to avoid any such situation the authority faced at 9th Avenue owing to a signaled crossing at Peshawar Morr-Kashmir Highway Interchange.