M-14 motorway (Pakistan)

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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.{{cite news|title=PM Nawaz performs groundbreaking of Motorway in D.I Khan|url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/120599-PM-Nawaz-performs-groundbreaking-of-Motorway-in-DI-Khan|accessdate=19 May 2016|agency=The News|date=17 May 2016}}

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.{{cite web|title=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.|url=http://downloads.nha.gov.pk/nhadocs/pq-document-of-barhma-bahtr--to-di-khan.pdf|website=National Highway Authority|publisher=National Highway Authority|accessdate=2 February 2016|pages=38}}

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.{{cite news|title=Parliamentary Body Monitoring Progress of CPEC|url=http://www.brecorder.com/pakistan/politics-a-policy/271939-parliamentary-body-monitoring-progress-of-cpec.html|accessdate=16 January 2016|work=Business Recorder|date=9 January 2016}}

The motorway has 11 interchanges, 36 bridges, 33 flyovers and 119 underpasses.{{Cite web|last=APP|date=2022-01-06|title=Hakla-D I Khan Motorway inaugurated: PM links 'inclusive' uplift to national progress|url=https://www.brecorder.com/news/40145087|access-date=2022-01-06|website=Brecorder|language=en}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/114865-Ecnec-approves-motorway-from-BurhanHakla-to-DI-Khan|title=Ecnec approves motorway from Burhan/Hakla to DI Khan|website=www.thenews.com.pk}}

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.

Pakistan's Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) approved construction of this section of roadway in April 2016,{{cite news|last1=Haider|first1=Mehtab|title=Ecnec approves motorway from Burhan/Hakla(on M1) to DI Khan|url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/print/114865-Ecnec-approves-motorway-from-BurhanHakla-to-DI-Khan|accessdate=4 May 2016|agency=The News|date=24 April 2016}} while construction commenced in May 2016.{{Cite web |title=PM Nawaz performs groundbreaking of Motorway in D.I Khan |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/120599-PM-Nawaz-performs-groundbreaking-of-Motorway-in-DI-Khan |access-date=2022-03-25 |website=www.thenews.com.pk |language=en}} Construction was completed by December 2021.{{cite web|title=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.|url=http://downloads.nha.gov.pk/nhadocs/pq-document-of-barhma-bahtr--to-di-khan.pdf|website=National Highway Authority|publisher=National Highway Authority|accessdate=2 February 2016|pages=38}}

Construction proceeded in five packages:{{cite web|author1=National Highway Authority (Pakistan)|title=PID|url=http://pid.gov.pk/NHA.pdf|accessdate=13 May 2016|pages=61}}

• 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: {{convert|55|km|mi|adj=on}} Beruli-Tarap section (contract awarded to M/s FWO)
• Package 4: {{convert|62|km|mi|adj=on}} Tarap-Pindi Gheb section (contract awarded to M/s Limak-ZKB JV)
• Package 5: {{convert|63|km|mi|adj=on}} Pindi Gheb-Hakla Interchange section (contract awarded to M/s Limak-ZKB JV){{Cite web |date=2018-08-26 |title=Hakla-D.I. Khan Expressway To Be Completed Next Year – Pak China News |url=http://pakchinanews.pk/hakla-d-khan-expressway-completed-next-year/ |access-date=2022-03-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826053307/http://pakchinanews.pk/hakla-d-khan-expressway-completed-next-year/ |archive-date=2018-08-26 }}

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

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

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