National High Way Authority (NHA) has decided to convert the 4 lane super high way from Karachi to Hyderabad in 6 lane motor way. The said project is named as M9. After the completion of this project the transport communication will become easy between Karachi Port and Port Qasim. The project will also increase the value of Port Qasim due to the best travelling facilities.
The road is said to be 136 kilo meters long and the cost is estimated as 13 billion PKR. NHA has published the notice for the interested companies for the construction of project on public and private partnership. According to a survey conducted in 2009 the project will cost about 13 billion rupees and the about 21000 vehicles are passing through this route on daily basis.