Swat Expressway
M-12 | |
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Route information | |
Maintained by Pakhtunkhwa Highways Authority | |
Length: | 81 km[1] (50 mi) |
Existed: | 2015 – present |
Major junctions | |
South end: | M1 Motorway (Col. Sher Khan Interchange) |
North end: | Chakdara |
Highway system | |
Roads in Pakistan |
The Swat Motorway is a 81-kilometre-long (50 mi) is an under construction motorway in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, stretching from Nowshera via Swabi and Mardan to Malakand Division.[2] The project was inaugurated in August 2016 and will be completed in 15 months. With completion of this project, the travel time to Swat will reduce from 5 hours to 1 hour.
The motorway is being built by the Pakhtunkhwa Highways Authority and will cost Rs 136 billion while its completion will save over two hours journey between Motorway Col. Sher Khan Interchange and Chakdara.[3][4] Asian Development Bank and China is the principal technical & financial assistants for this project to the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[5]
See also
Provincial Highways of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa It will cost Rs. 40 Billions. It will be constructed by Frontier Works Organization (FWO)
Notes
- ↑ http://nha.gov.pk/wp-content/themes/nha/images/map-full.jpg
- ↑ Donors keen in mega Swat Expressway: CM KPK Khattak
- ↑ Infrastructure: CM sanctions release of Rs2.3b for Swat Express Way
- ↑ Rs16bn 81-kilometer Swat Expressway
- ↑ ADB team assures CM of extending technical, financial support to mega projects in KP