Lahore Elevated Expressway Project Likely to Restart
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
The Punjab government is seriously thinking about restarting work on the Elevated Expressway project in Lahore to help control the growing traffic issues in the city.
In a recent meeting, Housing Secretary Noor-ul-Amin Mengal reviewed the current status of the project. He directed the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) to replan the project on a Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) basis.
The Housing Secretary also instructed officials to re-estimate the project’s cost and design. One proposal under discussion is to hand over the project on BOT terms for up to 30 years, during which toll may be collected from vehicles.
If revived, the Elevated Expressway is expected to reduce traffic pressure and provide relief to daily commuters in Lahore.
Reference Link:- https://propakistani.pk/2025/07/21/lahore-elevated-expressway-project-likely-to-restart/
Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
