The 10-km Koteshwor-Kalanki road expansion project has been pushed back
by a year due to multiple factors like shortage of construction
materials, last year’s earthquakes and subsequent Indian trade embargo
that triggered acute fuel shortages.
The Rs5.27-billion project, which started in June 2013, was scheduled to
be completed by 2017. “As the project works have been affected for
nearly a year, we expect it will be completed by 2018,” said Pradip
Shrestha, spokesperson for the Division Road Office, Lalitpur. “The
works have picked up pace since January.”
Under the project, the existing two-lane road will be expanded to eight
lanes with separate carriageways, service tracks, green belts, bicycle
lanes and footpaths on either sides.
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