Swat motorway will be opened on May 1: CM

F.P. Report

PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan has said that flagship project Swat Motorway would be open for all sort of vehicular traffic on May 1, 2019.

The decision was taken to this effect during a meeting of CM with the Federal Minister for Communication on Wednesday.

The meeting was attended by the Chairman Highways Authority, Director General Frontier Works Organization, MD Pakhtunkhwa Highways Authority, Secretary Communication and Works, Secretary Irrigation, Project Director Swat Motorway and others.

The meeting reviewed the pace of progress on the Swat Motorway and exchanged views about the project. The meeting expected that the Swat Motorway would be ready for inauguration therefore it decided 1st May 2019 to hold the inaugural ceremony for formal vehicular traffic.

The meeting thoroughly debated the extension of Swat Motorway and agreed to extend for the integration of whole Malakand division with the Province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.