Gwadar Port East Bay Expressway (Construction)

Gwadar East Bay Expressway

Locations

Pakistan

Type

Road

Status

Under Construction

Total Reported Cost

168.0 million USD

Initiatives

Belt and Road
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)

Start Date

Jan. 2017

Start of Construction

Oct. 2017

Planned Completion Date

2020

Contractors

China Communications Construction Company

Consultants

Implementers

Gwadar Port Authority
Pakistan Ministry of Ports and Shipping

Operators

Gwadar Port Authority

Funders

Source(s)	Amount
China	130,000,000 USD
Pakistan	None
China	None

Description

The project will link Gwadar Port with the Makran Coastal Highway in Balochistan, which will improve the logistics of transportation of imports and exports. It is part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, which is a part of China's Belt and Road Initiative. China offered an interest-free loan of USD 130 million for the project in September of 2015, and the groundbreaking ceremony was in November 2017.

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