Widening of Canal Bank Road And

Chaubucha Underpass

GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN
PLANNING COMMISSION
PC-1 FORM
(INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR)

1. Name of project Widening of Canal Bank Road and Chaubucha

Underpass

2. Location

 Provide name of the District Lahore / Punjab

district/province
 Attach a map of the area, Attached at Annexure A.
clearly indicating the project
location

3. Authorities responsible for

I. Sponsoring Government of The Punjab

II. Execution Lahore Development Authority (LDA)

III. Operation and

N.A
maintenance
IV. Concerned Federal
Ministry

4. a) Plan provision

 If the Project is included in

the medium term/five year plan, N/A
specify actual allocation.
 If not included in the
current plan, what warrants its N/A
inclusion and how it is now
proposed to be accommodated.
 If the project is proposed YES
to be financed out of block
provision, indicate:

Total block Amount already Amount proposed for this Balance Amount
Provisions committed project
Rs. 5,128.34 Million Rs. 6,937.73 Million Rs. 1809.39 Million

b) Provisions in the current year Supplementary Grant

PSDP/ADP

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5. Project objectives
 The objectives of the
sector/sub sector as indicated in
the medium term/five year plan be
reproduced. Indicate objectives of
the project and develop a linkage
between the proposed project and
objectives.
Widening of Canal Bank Road And
Chaubucha Underpass
Since last two decades several transport studies
of Lahore has been carried out, funded by either
International loans or local budget plans.
Although some of those studies were conducted
in very comprehensive manner and showed a
very good recommendation, yet none of them
was officially selected and determined as the
Lahore Transport Master Plan.
Government of the Punjab initiated a strong
commitment to alleviate traffic problems at
various arterials of Lahore. In this regard
developments such as Kalma Chowk Flyover &
Underpass, Muslim Town Flyover, Canal Road
widening from Mall Road to Doctor’s Hospital,
Metro Bus System (MBS) along Ferozepur Road,
Signal Free Corridor along Ferozpur Road, Jail
Road and Main Boulevard Gulberg seconds its
commitment. Government of Punjab has already
started construction of Orange Line Metro Train
Project along Multan Road and GT Road passing
through busy Central Business District (CBD)
area.
Signal free Canal Road is main arterial of Lahore
City which is acting as back bone of
infrastructure. From Mall Road to Doctor’s
Hospital Canal Road is already widened i.e two
lanes to three lanes either side. After widening of
this section, traffic along the section is moving
well.
Now Government of the Punjab has intended to
widen the Canal Road from two lanes to three
lanes:
Package-1:
Thokar Niaz Baig to Doctor’s Hospital. It also
includes one U-Turn.
Package-2:
Mall Road to Harbanspura. This Package
includes three U-Turns and five pedestrian
bridges. Vertical Clearance of Shalamar
Underpass is also going to increase upto 5.1 m.
Package-3:
To construct three lanes either side underpass at
Chaubacha. This underpass is being proposed
with 5.1 m clearance.
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 In case of revised projects,
indicate objectives of the project if
different from original PC-1
6. Description and Justification of
project (enclose feasibility study for
projects costing Rs. 300 million &
above).
 Describe the project and
indicate existing facilities in the
area and justify the establishment
of the project.
 Provide technical parameters
i.e. input and output of the project.
Also discuss technological aspect
of the project.
Widening of Canal Bank Road And
Chaubucha Underpass
This PC-1 pertains to all three Packages
mentioned above.
Widening of Canal Road and construction of
Chaubacha Underpass will alleviate traffic jams,
noise & air pollution.
 Revision in Pakistan Railways loading
requirement.
 In order to ensure undisturbed/
uninterrupted traffic flow along canal
during construction of Chaubucha
Underpass.
 Rehabilitation of existing widened
sections.
This project includes widening of Canal Road
from Thokar Niaz Baig to Doctor Hospital (Length
= 3 Km) and Mall Road to Herbanspura Pura
(Length = 8.35 Km). This project also includes
four U-Turn and five Pedestrian Bridges. To
increase vertical clearance of Shalamar
underpass up to 5.1 m is also the part of this
project. Construction of three lanes underpass on
either side at Chaubacha is also the part of this
project.
Traffic congestion is increasing with the passage
of time and commuters are facing delays.
Proposed widening and grade separation is
imperative and explained in Traffic Studies (Refer
Annexure – C).
The Geometric Design of the project is governed
by AASHTO Criteria for highways design. The
Geometric design parameters are given below:
1. Canal Road Widening
No of Lanes = 3 (either side)
Lane Width = 3.65 m
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2. Underpass at Chaubacha

No of Lanes = 3
Lane Width = 3.6 m
Barrel Width = 12.5 m
Vertical Clearance = 5.1 m
Up Gradient = 5%
Down Gradient = 5.5 %

Pavement Structure

Subgrade CBR = 8%

Asphaltic Wearing Course = 5 cm

Asphaltic Base Course = 12 cm
Water Bound Macadam = 30 cm
Sub base = 20 cm

Typical cross-sections are attached as

Annexure-B.

 Provide details of civil works, Refer Annexure - D for details of civil works.
equipment, machinery and other Resources to be arranged by the construction
physical facilities required for the firm.
project.

 Indicate governance issues ---

of the sector relevant to the
project and strategy to resolve
them.

Transport & Communication

 Provide technical parameters Refer above Para-6 and Annexure - B

i.e. selected design features and
capacity of the proposed facilities
alongwith alternates available.

 For roads, provide Refer Annexure - B

information regarding lane width,
geometric and pavement design
including formation width,
pavement width.

 Land classification for ---

bridges and culverts.

 Thickness/width of road way ---

on bridges and culverts.

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 Design speed, traffic capacity Refer above Annexure - C

of road in terms of passenger car
units per day.

 Saving in distance for ---

diverted traffic. Average daily
traffic of motor vehicles by
category as well as the car units
be provided.

 In case of improvement ---

within the urban area, separate
traffic counts within that area
should be given. Brief information
regarding traffic and pavement
width etc. in adjoining section
should also be given.
 For bridges provide location,
total length of bridge, number of ---
spans with length of each span,
width roadway and footpath, type
of sub and super structure and
load classification.
 Indicate date of estimation of May 2016
Project cost.

 Basis of determining the Estimate has been prepared on the basis of

capital cost be provided. It market rates displayed on FD website for 1st
includes market survey, schedule biannual 2016.
rates, estimation on the basis of
previous work done etc.

 Provide year-wise estimation N/A

of physical activities

7. Annual Operating Cost

 Item-wise annual operating Source of financing will be Government of Punjab

cost based on proposed
capacity utilization be worked
out for 5 years and sources of its
financing.

8. Demand and supply analysis

 Existing capacity of ---

services and supply/demand.
 Project demand for 10 ---
years.
 Capacity of the projects ---
being implanted in public/private
sector.
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 Supply-demand gap. ---

 Designed capacity and ---
output of the proposed project.
9. Financial Plan

Sources of Financing

a) Equity

Indicate the amount of equity to be financed from each source.

Sponsor’s own resources Government of the Punjab/LDA

Federal Government --
Provincial Government YES
DFT’s / banks --
General public --
Foreign public --
NGO’s / benefits --
Others --

b) Debt

 Indicate the local & Foreign debt, N/A

interest rate, grace period and
repayment for each been separately.
The loan repayment schedule be also
annex.
c) Grants N/A

d) Weighted cost of capital N/A

11. Benefits of the project and analysis

 Financial N/A
 Economic Refer Annexure - F
 Social ---
 Environmental ---

Financial/Economic Analysis (with-assumptions)

 Quantifiable output of the project N/A

 Profit and loss account and Cash Flow statement N/A
 Net present value (NPV) and Benefit Cost Ratio N/A
 Internal financial rate of return (IFRR) N/A
 Unit cost analysis N/A
 Break even Point (BEP) N/A
 Payback period N/A
 Return on equity (ROE) N/A

 Economic analysis

 Provide taxes & duties separately in the capital and Refer Annexure - F
operating cost
 Net present value (NPV) and benefit cost ratio BCR) -do-
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 Internal economic rate of Return (IERR) -do-

 Employment analysis
 Employment generation (direct and indirect) N/A
 Sensitivity analysis
 Impact of delay on project cost and viability N/A

12. Implementation Schedule

 Indicate starting and completion date of the Eight (08) Months

project.
 Item-wise/year-wise implementation schedule To be arranged by the
in line chart correlated with the phasing of contractor
physical activities.

13 Management Structure and Manpower Requirements

 Administrative arrangements Manager Admin 1 No.

for implementation of project. Office Engineer 2 No.

 The manpower requirements Soil Engineer 2 Nos.

by skills during execution and Design Engineer 3 Nos.
operation of the project be Civil Engineers 6 Nos.
provided. Electrical Engineer 1 Nos.
Mechanical Engineer 1 Nos.
Skilled 50 Nos.
Unskilled 75 Nos.
 The job description, --
qualification, experience, age
and salary of each post be
provided.

14 Additional project/decision required

 Indicate additional --
projects/decision required to
optimize the investment being
undertaken on the project.

15 Certificate

 The name, designation and Chief Engineer,

Phone # of the office Lahore Development Authority,
responsible for preparing and 467- D2 Johar Town,
checking be provided. It may Lahore
also be confirmed that PC-I
has been prepared as per
guidelines issued by the
Planning Commission for the
preparation of PC-I for
Infrastructure Sector projects.

 The PC-I alongwith certificate

must be signed by the Principal
Accounting Officer to ensure its
ownership.
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