Construction of the Hyderabad-Sukkur M6 motorway has crossed 60 percent completion, the highways authority announced, putting the final missing link of the Karachi-to-Peshawar motorway chain on track to open next year.
The 306-kilometer, six-lane project had suffered years of financing delays before being restructured into build-operate-transfer packages awarded to local construction groups.
Once complete, the motorway will cut travel time between Karachi and Sukkur by nearly three hours and divert heavy freight traffic off the accident-prone National Highway.
The authority says land acquisition is fully complete and all major river and canal crossings are underway, with the northern section likely to open in phases ahead of the full route.