He approved the plan on Friday while presiding over a meeting here at CM House.
Briefing the chief minister, Minister Works Syed Nasir Shah said that the previous road network master plan was prepared in 1995 but has not been updated so far.
He added that the assessments would identify the network of main roads, required to be linked to markets and main areas of production. It may be noted that the component would assess the current status of transport system by surveying existing condition of roads and traffic movement.
Based on the survey, transport sector data, economic development projection, additional road network, transport requirements and financing capacity would also be estimated for the next 20 years.
Under this head, the trainings would be provided to staff of works department.
Trainings would cover Road Asset Management, Road Operation and Maintenance, Road Planning and Administration.
The ToR of Provincial Highways Network Master Plan 2020 – 2040 Includes data collection for 53000km road network, preparation of a plan and proposed policy, condition survey of roads through high definition Geospatial Camera Systems, condition survey of structures (Bridges /Culverts), Social and Environmental Safeguards.
Under the plan Road Asset Management System (RAMS) Implementation and Institutional Strengthening Review of organisational structure and training would be conducted.
Master Plan sets out the approach to the future. It helps in understanding the need for investment and makes easy to identifying the major strategic interventions.
In order to provide an improved level of service collection of data on the present condition and traffic were required so that forecast for future demand and service requirements could also be made.
The meeting was told that the data collection of Pavement condition/survey would be made through a laser equipped vehicle in which safeguard issues would also be assessed.
Under the master plan demand forecast for each five years to identify deficiencies in the network requiring new roads or increased capacity would be made.
The plan includes prioritization of expenditure, demand forecasting for capacity improvements, HDM-4 for optimizing the major maintenance program, ensuring a sustainable investment program; forecasting budget requirements.
Under the plan 1800 officials/technical staff of the works and services department would be imparted training.