Shahrah-e-Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (Shahrah-e-Bhutto) formally known as Malir Expressway is a 39 km under-construction expressway between KPT Interchange (through Qayyumabad) and the Karachi-Hyderabad Motorway near Kathore, along the

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. One of the major infrastructure developments in

city which is unviable for the provincial government and detrimental to the city's climate. It was announced that half of it would be opened on 14 August 2023, but the opening has been indefinitely delayed after the Asian Development Bank withdrew the funding for the construction; as of right now there is illegal excavation happening on the Malir River bed and the fields of Malir.

Typical cross-section

It will be a Six-lane carriageway. With three lanes going forth, and another three back, It has also been declared to be a six-lane carriageway in the documentation of the Asian Development Bank. It will have a three-lane service road on both sides.

Structures

The project includes three flyovers and eight underpasses. Malir expressway is a 4-lane with 3m side Shoulders dual carriageway and a 7.9m raised central median, for future expansion.

DBFOT

Design, Built, Finance, Operate & Maintain and Transfer ( DBFOT) arrangement with a concession period of 28 years

Southern alternative route

The expressway would serve as the Southern alternative route for carrying traffic of the port and industrial areas to main highways. It will not reduce traffic on the existing Shahrah-e-Faisal since the expected traffic flow will be mostly of high-income car passengers, whereas the traffic on Sharae Faisal will be redistributed on all the other public transport projects happening in the city

Interchanges

Source: * Qayyumabad * EBM Causeway * Korangi – Shah Faisal Colony Bridge * Shahrah-e-Faisal (N-5) near Quaidabad * Between 25 and 30 km * Kathore on Karachi-Hyderabad Motorway (M-9)

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