Hazara Motorway opened from Abbottabad to Shah Maqsood

ABBOTTABAD, Jan. 5 (Gwadar Pro) - Fifty-nine kilometers long E-35, also known as Hazara Motorway which is an important part of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), became operational from Shah Maqsood to Abbottabad Interchange on Saturday.

According to a report of UrduPoint, Hazara Motorway section-I was operational to Shah Maqsood interchange and later it was operational up to Mansehra. However, owing to the toll tax issue for incoming traffic from Islamabad and Peshawar, drivers had to exit on Shah Maqsood interchange and again enter on the motorway to continue the journey to Abbottabad and Manshera by paying an extra 30 rupees toll tax.

Upon considering the complaint from the public, Commissioner Hazara Syed Zaheer ul islam promised to resolve the issue in January and to open the motorway from both sides.

NHA contractors were receiving different toll tax from incoming traffic and outgoing at Abbottabad interchange. The toll tax charged from Abbottabad to Islamabad was 130 rupees but from Islamabad to Abbottabad contractor is charging 160 rupees. People of Abbottabad and public transporters have demanded from NHA to address the issue of excessive charge of toll tax and make it unified.