LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif chaired a special meeting to review the progress of Communication & Works (C&W) and Lahore Development Authority (LDA) projects across the province.
She directed officials to fully digitalize all toll plazas in Punjab and end the manual slip system. The Chief Minister ordered the introduction of a motorway-style “one app, one system” at 38 electronic toll plazas to improve efficiency and transparency.
Maryam Nawaz also approved adopting a public-private partnership model for the construction, repair, and rehabilitation of five major roads. She said private institutions would play a key role in carrying out and maintaining these road projects.
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Highlighting transparency and savings, the Chief Minister said the province had saved Rs40 billion through the e-tendering system. She also instructed authorities to install solar streetlights on all newly constructed roads.
In addition, Maryam Nawaz approved new beautification projects in Lahore. She said areas such as the Railway Station, Misri Shah, Data Darbar, Ik Moria, and Do Moria Bridges would be revamped.
She added that a fountain and a mini train for children would be installed in the park near the Railway Station, along with new roads and footpaths within a three-kilometre radius of the station.
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Earlier, the Secretary of C&W and DG LDA briefed the Chief Minister on development works. They said 54 large bridges, 142 small bridges, and 858 flood-affected roads had been restored. The briefing also noted that the 93-kilometre Multan-Vehari Road would become Punjab’s first dust-free road, to be completed by June 2026.
Officials further informed that the Quaid-e-Azam Interchange to Wagah Tourism Corridor would be completed by June next year, while work under the Chief Minister Local Road Programme—covering 5,251 km of roads—would begin in December 2025 and finish by June 2026.
They added that the construction and repair of all roads in Murree had been completed, while most projects in Chakwal and Sahiwal were near completion. Under the CM Punjab Initiative, the construction and repair of 10,000 km of roads are now in the final stages.
