Karachi's Club Road to be one-way thoroughfare from January 18

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Commissioner Karachi has notified that the city’s Club Road that joins the Metropole hotel and the Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC) House will be a one-way thoroughfare from January 18 onwards, reported The News on Friday.

Any citizen travelling from PIDC to Metropole Hotel will have to find a new route to connect to the road as vehicles will only be allowed to move from Metropole to PIDC.

“The violation of one way on the road shall be punishable under the existing traffic laws,” the notification said.

Earlier in a meeting held at the Commissioner Office in July it was also decided that the radius of the Fawara Chowk roundabout would be reduced.

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Karachi Development Authority Traffic Engineering Bureau Senior Director Naveed Izhar told The News that the decision to make Club Road one-way was made to manage the traffic during rush hours.

Regarding the cost of turning the road one-way, he said it was very minimal. The cat-eyes and lane marks for the two way traffic, he said, would be removed before January 18.

“Direction boards will also be installed on Club Road for the commuters,” the official added.