M-14 motorway (Pakistan)

The M-14 Motorway, also known as the Islamabad–Dera Ismail Khan Motorway (اسلام آباد – ڈیره اسماعیل خان موٹروے) and the Hakla–Yarik Motorway, is a four-lane north–south motorway in Pakistan. The 285-kilometre-long (177 mi) motorway is a part of the Western Alignment of the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor,^[2][3] and offers high speed road connections between the Islamabad-Rawalpindi metropolitan area, and the southern parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province around Dera Ismail Khan.

M-14 motorway
ایم ١٤ موٹروے
اسلام آباد – ڈیره اسماعیل خان موٹروے
Route information
Maintained by National Highway Authority
Length	285 km[1] (177 mi)
Existed	2022–present
Major junctions
North end	Islamabad
Major intersections	N-15 National Highway
South end	Dera Ismail Khan
Location
Country	Pakistan
Major cities	Pindi Gheb Tarap Daud Khel Mianwali Yarik Jand, Attock
Highway system
Roads in Pakistan

The motorway was originally planned to open at the end of 2018, but due to delays, was inaugurated on 5 January 2022.^[4][5]

Route

M-14 motorway (shown in red)

The groundbreaking ceremony took place in May 2016. The four-lane controlled access motorway extends from the Hakla Interchange on the M-1 Motorway, near Fateh Jang in Punjab, to Dera Ismail Khan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.^[6]

From Hakla, the motorway extends in a southwestern direction, passing through the towns of Pindi Gheb, Jand, Tarap, and Mianwali. The route transverses the Sindh Sagar Doab region, and crosses the Indus River near Mianwali before entering into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The motorway continues onwards before terminating near the town of Yarik, just north of Dera Ismail Khan.^[7]

At the southern terminus of the new Islamabad-Dera Ismail Khan motorway, the N-50 National Highway will also be upgraded between Dera Ismail Khan-Zhob and between Zhob-Quetta.^[8]

Specifications

The motorway has 11 interchanges, 36 bridges, 33 flyovers and 119 underpasses.^[9] It also has a 100-meter-wide right of way in order to widen the four lane road to six lanes in future as traffic volume increases.^[10]

Road safety

Various commuters have identified an exact spot on M-14 where multiple accidents had taken place till January 2022. As a result, the NHA initiated a technical investigation to discover any technical fault on the road surface. So, far the investigation has turned up only over-speeding in rain as the cause of accidents in that particular section of the road.

Construction

Pakistan's Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) approved construction of this section of roadway in April 2016,^[11] while construction commenced in May 2016.^[12] Construction was completed by December 2021.^[7][13]

Construction proceeded in five packages:^[14]

• Package 1: Yarik-Rehmanikhel section (contract awarded to M/s NLC).
• Package 2: Rehmanikhel-Kot Belian section (contract awarded to M/s SKB-KNK JV)
• Package 3: 55-kilometre (34 mi) Beruli-Tarap section (contract awarded to M/s FWO)
• Package 4: 62-kilometre (39 mi) Tarap-Pindi Gheb section (contract awarded to M/s Limak-ZKB JV)
• Package 5: 63-kilometre (39 mi) Pindi Gheb-Hakla Interchange section (contract awarded to M/s Limak-ZKB JV)^[15]

Interchanges

M-14 Motorway Junctions
Interchange	Junction	km	West bound exits	East bound exits
Hakla–DI Khan Motorway	HDM	0	M-1 to Peshawar	Start of Motorway
				Road Continues as M-1 to Islamabad
Fateh Jang Interchange		23	Talagang–FatehJang Road to Fateh Jang	Talagang–FatehJang Road to Gali Jagir
Pindigheb Interchange		62	Pindigheb Attock Road to Mithial	Pindigheb Attock Road to Pindigheb
Jand Interchange		73	Jand Pindigheb Road to Jand	Jand Pindigheb Road to Jand
Tarap Interchange		112	Jand Tarap Talagang Road to Inra T–Chowk	Jand Tarap Talagang Road to Tarap
Doudkhel Interchange		154	Mianwali Kalabagh Road to Kalabagh	Jand Mianwali Road to Daud Khel
Kot Bailian Interchange		166	Kot Bailian Road to Kot Bailian	Kot Bailian Road and Jand Mianwali Road to Mianwali
Isakhel Interchange		209	Isakhel Mianwali Road to Lakki Marwat	Isakhel Mianwali Road to Isakhel
Kundal Interchange		219	Lakki Marwat Chashma Road to Dara Tang and Lakki Marwat	Lakki Marwat Chashma Road to Chashma Barrage
Abdul Khel Interchange		292	Paniala Road to Paniala	Abdul Khel Road to Abdul Khel
Yarik Terminal		291	Start of Motorway	Road continues as N-55 – to Yarik, Dera Ismail Khan
			Road continues as N-55 – to Pezu

See also

• Motorways of Pakistan
• Roads in Pakistan
• Peshawar–D.I. Khan motorway

References

1. "Hakla - D.I Khan Motorway | China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority Official Website".
2. "China to finance 90% of Sukkur-Multan Motorway". Daily Times. 12 May 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
3. nha.gov.pk/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Press-Release-30.06.2016.pdf
4. "Imran stresses uniform development across country". The Express Tribune. 2022-01-05. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
5. "'Tremendous work': PM Imran Khan inaugurates Hakla-D.I. Khan Motorway". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
6. "PM Nawaz performs groundbreaking of Motorway in D.I Khan". The News. 17 May 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
7. "China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Western Route: New Four-Lane Highway Facility from Barahma Bahtar to D. I. Khan as Part of Western Route of China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) 285 km Approx., Packages: I To V." (PDF). National Highway Authority. National Highway Authority. p. 38. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
8. "Parliamentary Body Monitoring Progress of CPEC". Business Recorder. 9 January 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
9. APP (2022-01-06). "Hakla-D I Khan Motorway inaugurated: PM links 'inclusive' uplift to national progress". Brecorder. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
10. "Ecnec approves motorway from Burhan/Hakla to DI Khan". www.thenews.com.pk.
11. Haider, Mehtab (24 April 2016). "Ecnec approves motorway from Burhan/Hakla(on M1) to DI Khan". The News. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
12. "PM Nawaz performs groundbreaking of Motorway in D.I Khan". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
13. "CHINA – PAKISTAN ECONOMIC CORRIDOR (CPEC) WESTERN ROUTE: NEW FOUR LANE HIGHWAY FACILITY FROM BARAHMA BAHTAR TO D. I. KHAN AS PART OF WESTERN ROUTE OF CHINA – PAKISTAN ECONOMIC CORRIDOR (CPEC) 285 KM APPROX., PACKAGES: I TO V." (PDF). National Highway Authority. National Highway Authority. p. 38. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
14. National Highway Authority (Pakistan). "PID" (PDF). p. 61. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
15. "Hakla-D.I. Khan Expressway To Be Completed Next Year – Pak China News". 2018-08-26. Archived from the original on 2018-08-26. Retrieved 2022-03-25.

External links

• nha.gov.pk/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Press-Release-30.06.2016.pdf