The PKM project imporves Pakistan road network and its comprehensive transportation system ,shortens travel time for travelers and freight and reduces the drive from multan to sukur from 11 to 4 hours according to china state construction engineering corporation (CSCEC) pakistn PKM Project sustainability Report. The report was released at a seminar celebrating the 10^th anniversary of the Belt and Road initiative (BRI) ,held by KASB Ktrade securities a well known financial think tank in Pakistan, according to Gwadar  pro .

CSCEC PKM represents the highest standard in Pakistan with the highest design level most intelligent system. It adopts Chinese SBS modified asphalt technology  and is the only one full greening along the route and strong flood resistance capacity. Environmental protection is integrated into the entire project process ,including  management design and construction . A total of 335,800 trees were in the project. The Freen area on both sides of the road is equivalent to 775 football fields and  the green area of others areas and services areas is equivalent to 81 football fields. During construction  9 schools ,800km of road ,20 bridges, 62 wells and more than 300 watercourses for the villages have been repaired along the route .

CSCEC has also organized medical teams to provide free diagnosis  for more than 3900 residents and distributed 13200 boxes of medicines to the locals. The Project provided over 28900 diredt jobs to locals and trained over 4500 equipment oprators and over 2300 management and technical personnel , boosting local employment . PKM starts from sukkur ,sindh  and reaches Multan the economic center  of Punjab in the north with a total length of 392km and design speed of 120km per hour. The construction of the project includes 100 bridges , 468 under pass , 991 culverts ,11 interchanges, 6 pairs of services areas ,5 pairs of rest areas and 22 toll stations. The project is undertaken in EPC model ,with a construction periods  of 36 months.

The Project officially  started in August 2016 and on july 23 ,2019 ,NHA issued a substantive completion certificate indicating that the project was complected two weeks ahead of schedule. On November 5,2019 , an inauguration ceremony was held and the moterway was fully open to traffic .

 Credit: Independent News Pakistan (INP) — Pak-China