Islamabad The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has finally decided to go ahead with the plan to link Khayaban-e-Iqbal (Margalla Road) with G T Road. The civic body had already got approval of the Rs744 million PC-1 of the nine-kilometre extended two-lane portion of Khayaban-e-Iqbal from its Central Development Working Party (CDWP)). Sources in the CDA said that the project, which includes a railway bridge linking Sector D-12 with G T Road near Sangjani, would be completed in a period of 12 months from the day of its start. “We will be in a position to mobilise machinery to start physical work on the project by end of April,” a CDA official said. CDA Chairman Farkhand Iqbal on Thursday approved issuance of a tender notice for calling sealed bids from contractors. The project, if started, would be the first mega project to be initiated in last four years. It has been learnt that despite financial constraints, the CDA chairman had assured the CDA Engineering Wing that the required funds would be made available for the important road project, which on completion, would facilitate travellers between Islamabad and Taxila and other destinations.
