Existed: 2015 – present Constructed 2015 | South end: Nowshera Length 81 km | |
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North end: Chakdara, Lower Dir District | ||
Swat expressway inauguration report 25 aug 16
The Swat Expressway or Nowshera–Swat Expressway is an 81-kilometre-long (50 mi) four-lane under-construction expressway in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
The expressway stretches from Nowshera to Chakdara in Lower Dir District, passing through Swabi, Mardan, and Malakand Districts. The project was inaugurated in August 2016 and is expected to be completed in 15 months. With completion of this project, the travel time from Nowshera to Chakdara will reduce from three hours to one hour. The Nowshera-Swat Expressway is being built by the Pakhtunkhwa Highways Authority and will cost Rs 136 billion. Asian Development Bank and China will provide the principal technical and financial assistance for this project to the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, while Saudi Arabia has pledged Rs.3.4 billion of the required Rs.38 billion for the project.
This is not to be confused with the E90 Expressway (Besham–Khwazakhela Expressway) also terminating in Swat, which has been proposed by the National Highway Authority.
