East Bay Expressway
East Bay Expressway is a municipal expressway currently under construction in Gwadar, Balochistan, Pakistan. The six lane expressway was initially planned to be complete by 2018 but has been delayed to Oct 2020
. It will connect Gwadar Port to the Makran Coastal Highway. The Gwadar Port Authority is supervising the project.
The project is being developed as part of the "Early Harvest" scheme of China Pakistan Economic Corridor, and is part of a wider development package for the city and Port of Gwadar.
The cost of the project is approximately, and will be financed by interest-free loans extended by China's state owned banks. Pakistan will be required only to repay the principal value of the loan. As a condition for receiving a zero-interest rate loan, bidding for the project was limited to Chinese state-owned companies, and the contract was awarded on a government-to-government basis.
