![]() ![]() Wapda did come up with a flood protection plan but this was never implemented. Public attention was focussed on the Lyari, which wrecked (sic) destruction in 1977 when heavy rains caused severe flooding to 200 deaths. The Northern Bypass that could have been easily constructed then was not built on account of the apathy of the policy makers. It had to be dropped because of stiff resistance from the DHA on environmental grounds. The Southern Bypass was designed to go through the Defence Authority area and link Karachi port with the National Highway. The Karachi Master Plan 1975–85 had proposed the Northern and Southern Bypasses to enable traffic going upcountry from Karachi port to bypass the city and thus ease congestion and pollution. "The Lyari Expressway was nowhere in the picture until 1986. This section is copied as-is from an article in the Dawn newspaper. Lyari Expressway Project is 32 kilometres long and its 2013-14 revised estimate is Rs 1,202 million and 80 percent of this project has also been completed. ![]() In July 2014, Government of Pakistan announced Rs 6 billion for completion of Lyari Expressway. The construction of Lyari Expressway was stopped for several years due to the restructuring of Municipal governments in Sindh and lack of funds. ![]() Having revised the completion schedule, as of December 2006 the Frontier Works Organisation ( FWO), the executing agency for the NHA, expects the southbound section running from Sohrab Goth to Mauripur Road completed by the end of 2007. 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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