PM set to open Eastbay Expressway, 1.2 MGD water plant
All agenda has been finalized for smooth and seamless unveiling of the projects. Gwadar Port Authority Chairman Naseer Ahmed Kashani expressed his immense joy for formal ribbon-cutting ceremonies of the 19–kilometer-long six-lane Eastbay Expressway and 1.2 MGD desalination plant.
Eastbay Expressway is a dedicated CPEC artery linking Gwadar port to China. Eastbay Expressway aims to provide primary connectivity between the port & its Free Zone I and Free Zone II with Makran Coastal Highway (N-10) and Motorway 8 (CPEC’s Western route) for smooth logistic transportation of import, export, and transit goods to Khujrab, border of China.
Eastbay Expressway’s all relevant work including road marking, installation of cat-eyes, erection of boards of signage & direction signs and installation of cameras has been completed with precision. GPA has already conduced successfully its test run in a smooth manner.
Sources in GPA said that since the beginning till date around 1,300 locals of Gwadar have been employed.
Meanwhile, PM Shehbaz Sharif has planned to inaugurate a 1.2 MGD (million gallon per day) Water Desalination Plant, which is being constructed in the premises of Gwadar Port Free Zone area.
