Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pervez Khattak has directed to speed up preparatory process for the construction of Swat Expressway declaring that physical work on the project will be intended in June this year. He issued these directives while presiding over a high-level meeting convened to discuss preparatory process for the proposed project. Those who attended the meeting included Advisor to CM, Akbar Ayub, Chief Secretary ACS, MD PHE, MD BoK Secretary C&W and others.
The chief minister was briefed that project would be executed through public-private partnership while tender had already floated to invite firms for its construction. The chief minister was informed that a number of firms had showed interest in the project while process of evaluation to select a suitable firm for the task was in progress.
The chief minister while issuing directives to speed up the process to make the project implementable earlier, approved establishment of a Special Project Directorate to make implementation of the project smooth and effective. Similarly, he also approved financial consultants to devise mechanism for public-private partnership for implementation and running of the project.
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