KARACHI, March 20: City Nazim Mustafa Kamal has informed a foreign delegation that the city government will build five more signal-free corridors in the metropolis during the current year.

Talking to the delegation of an Australian company, Meinhardt International Group, which called on him at his office on Tuesday, he said the city government would invite foreign companies to participate in the development of Karachi by participating in the projects as per international standards.

The company has expertise in the construction industry and it has completed a number of projects in 36 countries and built high-rises, commercial and residential plazas and also worked on the project of urban infrastructure, transport and environment.

The members of the delegation appreciated the fast pace of work on the development projects and showed interest in being a part of the ongoing development.The nazim informed the delegation that the city government successfully built three underpasses and three flyovers of the first signal-free corridor from the airport to Site in a span of eight months.

He said the city government had planned to construct five more signal-free corridors and the work to build the second corridor from Nagan Chowrangi to Sharea Faisal had been started and tenders to appoint consultants for the project had been floated.

He said that it would be a 13-kilometre long corridor, which would have four flyovers and it would be completed by the end of this year.

He said after the completion of the five new corridors, the traffic problem in the metropolis would be solved.

Mr Kamal also informed the delegation about the different megaprojects worth Rs15 billion related to water, sewerage and infrastructure development.

He added that the city government had blacklisted all those companies which had shown negligence and delayed the development work on their respective projects.