'Diversion of heavy traffic to damage IJP Road'

ISLAMABAD - Capital Development Authority (CDA) has expressed serious concerns over the Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP)’s plan of diverting all the heavy traffic onto IJ Principal Road. A senior official in Engineering Wing of the Authority, while talking to TheNation on Tuesday, said that IJP Road had to carry load beyond capacity ever since the ITP has diverted all the heavy traffic off the Kashmir Highway in the wake of deadliest Marriott blast.
“Extra load is damaging the road,” the official said, pointing to the ruts produced in Pirwadhai-Faizabad segment of the road. He said that the road had been constructed for a maximum of 10 tons axel load, while these days, he said, vehicles having more than 20 tons axel load were being plying on the road.