Length 1,152 km | ||
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Existed: December 2017 (expected) – present | ||
The Karachi–Lahore Motorway (KLM) is a 1,152-kilometre-long (716 mi) under construction six-lane, high-speed, limited-access motorway that will connect Karachi and Lahore, and by extension Islamabad and Peshawar. The highway will pass also connect major cities including Hyderabad Faisalabad and Multan.
It was devised in the early 1990s as a combination of the M3 Motorway, M4 motorway, M5 Motorway, M6 Motorway and M9 Motorway. It is now considered a major component of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor, and will cost approximately $6.6 billion, with the bulk of financing to be distributed by various Chinese state-owned banks.
KLM is divided into five sections including the
Karachi-Hyderabad (M-9) section 136 km
Hyderabad-Sukkur (M-6) section 296 km
Sukkur-Multan (M-5) section 387 km
Multan-Abdul Hakeem (M-4) section 103
Abdul Hakeem-Lahore (M-3) section 230 km.
