The Punjab government has allocated an amount of Rs 31.560 billion in budget 2014-15 for the road sector. Out of this amount, Rs 11.531 billion have been set aside for the southern Punjab while an amount of Rs 2.1 billion is allocated for improvement and up-gradation of the farm to market roads network in the province.
Roads are the predominant mode of transportation in the country commuting more than 90-percent of the passengers and freight traffic with an average yearly growth rate of 4.5-percent and 10.5-percent, respectively. As per budget document, strategies for road sector development in the province have been focusing on consolidation and maintenance of the existing assets which include a vast network of provincial highways, inter-district roads, and the communication links comprising rural access and farm-to market roads. In addition to above, the province's road sector development portfolio also includes major urban and intra-city road projects.
It may be noted that road sector's total revised outlay for the year 2013-14 was Rs 33.837 billion. During FY 2013-14 the sector achieved completion of 103 Schemes. Major schemes completed during FY 2013-14 are listed as follows; construction of Fly over on G.T Road In Gujranwala with a cost of Rs 3.920 billion; improvement / Rehabilitation of existing Multan road, Lahore from Thokar Niaz Baig to Chauburji (Land Acquisition & Shifting of Utilities) with a cost of Rs 3.578 billion; dualization of Gujranwala Sialkot Road Section Gujranwala to Daska with a cost of Rs 2.082 billion; construction of Flyover at Peshawar Road near Pirwadai, Rawalpindi with a cost of Rs 1,447 million; improvement and renovation of existing Multan Road in Lahore city from Scheme More to Chouburji with a cost of Rs 993 million; dualization and Improvement of Rawat to Kallar Syedan Road, Distt Rawalpindi with a cost of Rs 916 million etc. During FY 2014-15, the road sector aims at completion of 337 schemes including.
Following major schemes: Rehabilitation of Gujranwala-Hafizabad Road with a cost of Rs 1,940 million; widening / Improvement (dualization) of Sahiwal - Pakpattan Road with a cost of Rs 1,419 million; widening / improvement of Pattoki to Kanganpur Road, with a cost of Rs 974 million; widening / improvement of Sheikhupura Sargodha road with a cost of Rs 991 million; widening / improvement of road from Faisalabad By-Pass road to Mari Pattan, Faisalabad with a cost of Rs 900 million; rehabilitation /improvement of Sundar-Raiwind road with a cost of Rs 696 million; rehabilitation /improvement of Manga-Raiwind road with a cost of Rs 670 million; widening / improvement of Rangpur - Chowk Munda - Daira Din Pannah to Taunsa.
More, Muzaffargarh with the cost of Rs 638 million; construction of road on Empress Bund Bahawalpur with a cost of Rs 590 million; Lahore Ring Road, Construction of underpass at Karol Ghati with a cost of Rs 505 Million. Major new initiatives being taken in the roads sector up during FY 2014-15 are as follows: Construction of Bridge over River Indus near Miran Pur R.Y.Khan with a cost of Rs 4 billion; construction of Flyover on G.T Road at Aziz Road Cross Gujranwala with a cost of Rs 4 billion; widening / improvement of Sargodha-Bannu Road (Phase-II Kot Chandna to Daratang) with a cost of Rs 2 billion; construction of dual carriage way from Burewala to Chichawatni road, Vehari with a cost of Rs 1,164 million; widening/ improvement of Chiniot - Faisalabad Road, District Faisalabad with a cost of Rs 950 million and construction of over-head bridge on the railway lines between Jhanian Road to Police station sadder and Abdul Ghafoor road at Khanewal city with a cost of Rs 800 million.
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