RAWALPINDI: The Rawalpindi Ring Road Phase One project, with an estimated cost of Rs50 billion, is now expected to be completed by March 2026, after missing the deadline set by Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz for 2025.
At the same time, the Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) says the feasibility study and PC-I of Ring Road Phase Two will be finalised by March next year.
According to officials, Phase Two will run from the Thalian Interchange on the M-2 Motorway to the GT Road (M-5). The feasibility study will cost about Rs52 million and is expected to be completed by March 2026. After this, the PC-I will be prepared. NESPAK has been hired for this work.
The Rawalpindi Ring Road starts from Banth Mor on the GT Road and ends at the Thalian Interchange on the motorway. The total length of the road is 38.6 kilometres.
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The project cost has increased from Rs33 billion to Rs50 billion. During a site visit, Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz had ordered that the project be completed by December 30, 2025.
RDA sources say around 75 per cent of the work has been completed so far. Land acquisition is still in progress to convert the Thalian Interchange into a wider interchange for future expansion.
Although March 2026 is being mentioned as the new completion date, RDA officials say it is not certain that the entire project, including the expanded Thalian Interchange, will be fully completed by then.
