M5 motorway (Pakistan)

M-5
Route information
Maintained by NHA
Length: 1,152 km (716 mi)
Existed: 2018 (expected) – present
Major junctions
South end: Karachi
 
North end: Lahore
Location
Major cities:
Highway system

National Highways of Pakistan

Motorways of Pakistan

The M5 Motorway, also known as the Karachi-Lahore Motorway is a 1,152 km long road which will connect Pakistan's two largest cities by a 4 to 6-lane controlled access highway designed for travel speeds up to 120 kilometers per hour.[1] It was devised in the early 1990s under as the M5 Motorway. It is now considered a major component of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor, and will cost approximately $6.6 billion, with the bulk of financing to be distributed by various Chinese state-owned banks.[2]

Project History and Background

Approval for a Chinese-financed motorway between Karachi and Lahore predates the formal announcement of CPEC, and was granted in July 2014.[3] Plans for such a motorway linking the two cities was first devised over 25 years ago, with construction works on Pakistan's first motorway projects commencing in 1991.[4]

Project Details

The project is divided into four sections: a 136 kilometer long section between Karachi and Hyderabad, a 296 kilometer long section between Hyderabad and Sukkur, a 387 kilometer long section between Sukkur and Multan, and a 333 kilometer section between Multan and Lahore via the town of Abdul Hakeem.[5] Construction began on the Lahore to Multan section in November 2015.[6]

First Section: Karachi to Hyderabad

The first section of the project, to be completed March 2017, will provide high speed road access from the Port of Karachi to the city of Hyderabad and interior Sindh. Upgrade and construction works on the Super Highway between Karachi and Hyderabad began in March 2015, and will convert the road into a 6-lane controlled access motorway. [7]

Second Section: Hyderabad to Sukkur

At the terminus of the M9 motorway in Hyderabad, the Karachi-Lahore Motorway will continue onwards from Hyderabad to Sukkur as a six lane controlled-access motorway that will be 296 kilometers long.[8] will terminate near the Nara Canal, and in turn connect to the next phase of the Karachi-Lahore Motorway to Multan. The planned cost for this project is $2.47 Billion.[8] This section of the motorway will provide high speed road access to interior Sindh, and will be in close proximity to Matiari, Tando Adam ,Shahdadpur , Nawabshah, and Khairpur. The construction of this section is likely to begin in April 2016.

The project will consist of seven interchanges, 25 bridges on the Indus river and its canals.[8] The planned route of the motorway runs roughly parallel to the existing four-lane National Highway and two-lane Indus Highway.

Third Section: Multan to Sukkur

The 392 kilometer Multan to Sukkur section of the motorway is estimated to cost $2.89 billion,[1] and will be six lanes wide.[9] 90% of the project's cost is to be financed by concessionary loans from China, with the remaining 10% to be financed by the government of Pakistan.[10] The Pakistani government in January 2016 awarded the contact to build this section to China State Construction Engineering.[1] It is due to be complete in December 2017. [1]

Fourth Section: Multan to Lahore

The total length of this section of motorway will be 333 kilometers, however, the first 102 kilometers of the road between Khanewal and Abdul Hakeem is designed as part of the M-4 Motorway, resulting in overlap of the M4 with the Karachi-Lahore Motorway along this section.[11] The portion of the Karachi-Lahore Motorway between Abdul Hakeem and Lahore will be 230 kilometers in length,[12] and will roughly parallel the Ravi River. The road will begin in Lahore, and pass six interchanges before joining the M-4 motorway near Shorkot and Khanewal. The six interchanges will be located at Sharaqpur, Nankana Sahib, Jaranwala, Samundri, and Pir Mahal.

Construction on the first new-build portion of the Karachi Lahore Motorway project between Lahore and Multan costing approximately $1.5 billion[6] was launched in November 2015 [13] as a joint venture between the China Railway Construction Corporation Limited and Pakistan's Zahir Khan and Brothers Engineers[14]

Project Financing

The M5 Motorway project forms a cornerstone of the much-larger China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). CPEC projects are financed by concessionary loans with interest rates of 1.6%.[15] China will finance up to 90% of the cost, while the remaining 10% is to be financed by the Public Sector Development Programme of the Pakistani government.[16]

Planned Interchanges

Hyderabad Sukkur

1. Km 402 on Khairpur Road.

2. Km 391 on Larkana Khairpur Road.

3. Km 369 on Gadeji N-5.

4. Km 349 on Mehrabpur Road.

5. Km 321 on Bhiria Road.

6. Km 310 on Padidan Naushero Feroz Road.

7. Km 272 on Daur Qazi Ahmed Road.

8. Km 245 on Nawabshah Sakrand Road.

9. Km 200 on Shadadpur Hala Road.

10. Km 196 on Tando Adam Hala Road.

11. Km 182 on Odero Lal road.

12. Km 168 on Matiari Tano Allah Yar Road.

13. 156 on N-5 Hyderabad.

14. Km 140 on N-55 Jamshoro Sehwan Road.

15. Km 132 on Start of KLM at M-9.

Sukkur Multan

1. KM 765 on Old Shujaabad Road.

2. KM 740 on Lodhran road Jalalpur Pirwala.

3. KM 701 on Jalalpur Pirwala Lodhran Road.

4. KM 665 on Alipur Uch Sharif road Near Uch Sharif.

5. KM 642 on Ahmadpur road Near TMP.

6. KM 595 on Chachran Sharif road Near Zahir Pir.

7. KM 543 on local road Near Rahim Yar Khan.

8. KM 504 on Local road near Guddu.

9. KM 444 on Ghotki sugar mills road, Ghotki.

10. KM 414 on Small road near Pano Aqil.

11. KM 391 at Small road near N-5, Rohri.

Multan Lahore

1. Km 1147 on Lahore Islamabad Motorway.

2. Km 1138 on Shahdara Sharaqpur Road.

3. Km 1098 on Nankana Sahib Mangatwala Road.

4. Km 10634 on Jaranwala Syedwala Road.

5. Km 1016 on Sumundari Tandlianwala Road.

6. Km 965 on Rajana Kamalia Road.

7. Km 951 on Pir Mahal Shorkot Road.

8. Km 918 on Faisalabad Khanewal Motorway.

9. Kabirwala Makhdompur Road.

10. Khanewal Kabirwala Road.

11. Khanewal Multan Road.

12. Multan Vehari Road.

13. Multan Bahawalpur Road.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "China’s CSCEC to build $2.9bn motorway in Pakistan as part of planned ‘corridor’". Global Construction Review. 8 January 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "Karachi-Lahore motorway: Project to be completed in 3 years". Pakistan Tribune. 29 January 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2015. 700 Billion Pak Ruppees = $6.6 billion USD as of December 16, 2015
  3. ↑ "Karachi to Lahore Motorway Project Approved". Dawn. 4 July 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "First phase of Karachi-Lahore motorway launched". Dawn. 12 March 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "Nawaz Sharif to inaugurate Karachi-Lahore Motorway on Dec 19". Dispatch News Desk. 17 December 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  6. 1 2 Samar, Azeem (13 November 2015). "JCC of CPEC decides to enhance capacity of Thar power projects to 2,600MW". The News. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  7. ↑ (website)%5d will-be-completed in March 2017 "Karachi-Hyderabad Motorway will be completed in 30 months: PM" Check |url= value (help).
  8. 1 2 3 "Karachi-Lahore motorway: Stakeholders unhappy with environment impact report". The Express Tribune. 6 March 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  9. ↑ "China’s CSCEC to build $2.9bn motorway in Pakistan as part of planned ‘corridor’". Global Construction Review.
  10. ↑ Haider, Mehtab (28 May 2014). "Govt allocates Rs73 billion for Pakistan-China trade corridor". The News. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  11. ↑ "M-4 TO REDUCE TRAVEL TIME, CONTRIBUTE TO TRADE CORRIDOR". Pakistan Observer. 7 January 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  12. ↑ "Ecnec approves 230kms Karachi-Lahore Motorway". The Nation (Pakistan). 25 November 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  13. ↑ Rana, Shahbaz (15 November 2015). "ECNEC clears motorway’s Lahore-Multan section". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  14. ↑ "Consortium Wins Pakistan Contract". Wall Street Journal. 9 December 2105. Retrieved 11 December 2015. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  15. ↑ Butt, Naveed (3 September 2015). "ECONOMIC CORRIDOR: CHINA TO EXTEND ASSISTANCE AT 1.6 PERCENT INTEREST RATE". Business Recorder. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  16. ↑ Rana, Shahbaz (3 July 2014). "ECNEC approves construction of 387 km leg of Karachi-Lahore motorway". Retrieved 16 December 2015.
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