Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pervez Khattak approved the implementation and construction plan of four packages of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project in Peshawar and directed the quarter concerned to sit with the traffic police for removing bottlenecks for smooth facilitation of all commuters accessing from Peshawar and the opposite end and entering to the main terminal in Chamkani.
He was presiding over a two item agenda meeting at his office Chief Minister Secretariat Peshawar. Advisor to Chief Minister for Transport Shah Muhammad Wazir, MPA Shaukat Yousafzai, Chief Secretary Abid Saeed, administrative secretaries and concerned officials attended. The meeting discussed the development of commercial areas and the fuel for the buses under the Bus Rapid Transit Peshawar project. The meeting decided three riding and staging facilities at Chamkani, Dabgari Garden and Hayatabad. The three pockets of the rapid bus transit would have vast serving facilities including controlling centre, depots, washing and workshop, parking and commercial activities.
The CM directed to immediately release resources for the land acquisition for the main bus terminal Chamkani. He also directed that the plan for the overhead accesses to the main terminal should be smooth and there should be no bottlenecks adding that the existing plan should be put on ground under time tag so that the project is complete in all respect as per time line.
Pervez Khattak also directed that there should be extended planning for the future needs under the rapid bus transit. The proposed main facilities as per the original design should be developed on commercial lines so that the project should stand on its own feet. He also asked for additional connectivity from the main terminal to the N-5 for the smooth entry and exit from the main terminal. It is the third generation rapid bus transit that will be a unique model giving one solution to all the traffic problems of Peshawar, he added.
CM said that the resource generation and that perennial nature was necessary to make the project a self reliant therefore the fourth package mainly of commercial activities should generate resources. He directed against any changes in the approved design, the timely construction and completion of the project and directed to start working for the procurement of buses for the bus rapid transit project.
He also directed the officials concerned to hold a meeting with Asian Development Bank for following the time line for the whole implementation process of the bus rapid transit. We cannot let this project beyond six months. He also directed to have a complete traffic plan once the project enters the implementation phase, he added. The meeting was briefed about the commercialization of different areas and fuel for the buses under BRT. The participants were also briefed about the staging and riding facilities, the commercial plazas at the main terminal Chamkani, Dabgari Garden and Hayatabad. It also focused on the inter connectivity from the GT road to the main terminal at Chamkani, accesses and entry, the widening of U-turn near Chamkani, the creation of different facilities in the main depots, the future needs and extension etc, parking and commercial plazas.
Pervez Khattak directed to strictly follow the time line for construction of different packages under the Bus Rapid Transit Peshawar. He agreed to the procurement of buses in two phases. In the first phase, 300 buses would be procured and the remaining 350 buses would be procured in the second phase. He also directed for accelerated work to complete the project within six months.
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