[sustran] Improving Lahore's traffic

[Hassaan Ghazali]

*Action plan to improve traffic*

http://www.dawn.com/2006/05/28/nat25.htm

*By Our Staff Reporter*


LAHORE, May 27: A comprehensive action plan has been drawn up to improve
traffic system in the province and a pilot project will be launched at the
Ferozepur Road stretch from Qartaba Chowk to the Lahore General Hospital.

This was stated by Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi while presiding over a
meeting here on Saturday, also announcing that a traffic management unit
would be established under the supervision of the Planning and Development
Board.

The meeting was attended among others by Chief Secretary Salman Siddique,
IGP Ziaul Hasan Khan, Lahore Nazim Mian Amer Mahmood and P&D chairman
Suleman Ghani.

The chief minister said a strategy had been devised to coordinate working of
six different departments to regulate traffic in the province.
Implementation of the traffic management under the P&D's urban unit would be
ensured through complete coordination among these six related departments,
he said.

He said it had become necessary to establish traffic system in Lahore and
other big cities in the province on scientific grounds.

This was so because a better traffic system leaves a positive impact on
environment and commerce, also establishing discipline in cities.

The chief minister said under the pilot project a computerised signal
network was being installed from Qartaba Chowk to the Lahore General
Hospital. After the success of this project the scope of the system would be
extended to other roads in Lahore and all other major cities in the
province.

He directed the officials to clear encroachments and make parking
arrangements for smooth flow of traffic. All recruitments in the traffic
police should be made on merit and only those have professional capabilities
be given jobs.

P&D chairman Suleman Ghani briefed the participants on different aspects of
the traffic management plan.

The IGP said the police would play its due role in effective implementation
of the plan.

Regards,
Hassaan

-- 
Research Analyst
Urban Sector Policy and Management Unit (The Urban Unit)
Planning and Development Department,
Government of the Punjab

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