MOTORWAYS OF PAKISTAN

Pakistan has an extensive network of roads and highways, linking every big
and small town.

Pakistan Motorway Project is originally conceived by Mr. Muhammad Nawaz Sharif,

Prime Minister of Pakistan, to provide a country wide link of limited access high speed
highway to bring most parts of the country together which could result in greater
economic growth, commercial activity and trade with ECO countries.

The Motorways of Pakistan are a network of high quality, international

standard 'limited access' highways in Pakistan, which are maintained and
operated by the National Highway Authority.

The M2 was the first motorway completed in 1998, linking the cities of Islamabad and
Lahore. In the past 5 years, many new motorways have opened up including the M1, M3
and M4.

MOTORWAYS PLAN

Motorways in Pakistan are planned to link major cities with high speed and

controlled/limited access roads.

Pakistan's motorways have a universal minimum speed limit of 60 km/h and a maximum
speed limit of 110 km/h for heavy transport vehicles and 120 km/h for light transport

vehicles.
Motorways in Pakistan are named with prefix of "M" and followed by a number as M-1,
M-2, M-3, M-4 etc. It will be interesting to know for many that some sections of
motorway can be used as emergency runway for planes of Pakistan Air Force.

KEY CONSIDERATIONS
Transport network performance
Accessibility and opportunity for public transport and other transport modes
Local area accessibility and connectivity
Social impact
Environmental impact
Engineering feasibility and construction staging

OBJECTIVES
Prime objectives of the proposed Project are as follows:

Enhance trade activities in the country

To provide in future the Trade linkage of Central Asian Republics with Pakistan.
Provide safe, high speed and time saving corridor to the travelers.
Enhance the efficiency of road network; and

Reduce the number of accidents.

VISION STATEMENT
The vision of the motorway project is to provide a transportation system that allows anyone to go
anywhere in the region easily and efficiently.