KARACHI, Feb 28: With a view to making a signal-free road from SITE to Quaid-i-Azam International Airport, the city government has decided to initiate half a dozen major development works, simultaneously from first week of March, the city Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal said on Tuesday.

These vital projects include flyovers at University Road-Sir Shah Suleman Road traffic intersection (Hasan Square), Pir Sibghatullah Shah Rashdi Road-Stadium Road intersection, near Time Medicos; and Ibrahim Rahimtoola Road-Sharea Faisal traffic intersection (Karsaz) and underpasses at Gharibabad, Nazimabad petrol pump and Liaquatabad No 10.

All these six plans would ensure signal-free movement of traffic from SITE to Quaid-i-Azam International Airport’, the city nazim said.

At a joint a joint meeting of the CDGK and KWSB engineers, contractors and representatives of consulting firms, the nazim stated that work on all the six components of the project must begin in the first week of March and accomplish simultaneously within their stipulated period. The CDGK’s district coordination officer, Fazal-ur-Rehman and the KWSB managing director, Brig Iftikhar Haider were also present.

He said since funds for the project had been provided and the issue pertaining to shifting of utility pipelines had been resolved, contractors and consultants would have no excuse for delaying the project.

Exhorting the CDGK’s consulting firms and contractors to further improve their performance, Mr Kamal said that consulting firms are required to have a check on contractors and give proper advice to officials of the CDGK’s department concerned.

The Nazim urged the contractors and consultants to carry out work on all the six components of the project round-the-clock so that the project is completed expeditiously because if work on any of the six development works is delayed, the entire project would suffer and the citizens will face hardship.

He said he would honour his commitment concerning payments to contractors, but at the same time said he would expect from both the contractors and the consultants to accomplish projects within their stipulated period.