![]() ![]() When work started on the Lyari Expressway in May 2002, the National Highway Authority (NHA) had expected to complete it in 30 months (i.e. The Lyari Expressway project was launched on, with the aim of serving as a commuting artery connecting Mauripur Road and the M9 motorway, thus alleviating the burden of traffic plying on surface routes between to and from Karachi Port. The expressway will have toll plazas at four locations. Once completed, traffic volume is estimated at 34,000 vehicles. Moreover, two lanes each will be constructed on either bank of the Lyari River. It will be a 16.5 km 8 lane expressway that will consist of four lanes on both sides, with two interchanges, five overpasses and five underpasses. ![]() Originally estimated at Rs 5.1 billion, as of March 2006 it is expected to cost Rs 8 billion once completed. The cost of developing this expressway has been revised several times since it was first proposed. The final budget estimate is 11 billion Pakistan Rupees, up from the original estimate of 5 billion. ![]() In June 2016, it was announced that the final legal hurdles had been cleared and 99% of construction was complete, with the last 1 km to be finished by the end of the year. Lyari Expressway was scheduled to be completed in December 2009 but completion was delayed due a lack of funding and difficulties in resettling affected residents. This toll expressway is designed to relieve congestion Karachi. ![]()
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