ISLAMABAD, Oct 19 (APP): National Highway Authority (NHA) has been focusing on Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) projects to involve private sector in highway building projects. An official of NHA told APP on Wednesday that the present government wants to upgrade road infrastructure in the next five years. He said that this goal can be achieved with the support of private sector, whereas budget allocations alone can meet about 50 pc the set targeted demands. The remaining amount has to come from the Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) projects, said the NHA official. He said that public private partnership has become an essential component of NHA development strategy. He said that recent achievements of the NHA PPP projects include renovation of 357 km Lahore-Islamabad Motorway (M-2), Habibabad flyover near Pattoki on Peshawar-Karachi Highway (N-5), under construction Karachi-Hyderabad Motorway (M-9) likely to be completed next year. The NHA official said that PPP projects at procurement stageinclude improvement and widening of (Grand Trunk Road) N-5 from M-2/N-5 junction (Motorway Chowk near Chungi No 26) to Taxila underpass.
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NHA involves private sector in road building projects
