The project remained pending until it regained importance during the Yusuf Raza Gillani government due to the new Islamabad International Airport.

[4] In 2014, CDA announced an alternative plane to divert the road from the northern part of Shah Allah Ditta instead of its south.

However, the 2.4 km-patch passing through Shah Allah Ditta graveyard hung in the balance as the village's residents refused to vacate it.

[6] In January 2020, CDA formed a committee to resolve the out of court settlement of outstanding with the contractor and find some viable solution to restart the project.

[2] In August 2023, the CDA approved the construction of a new 3.4-kilometre road connecting the recently-inaugurated Margalla Avenue with M-1 motorway at an estimated cost of Rs.

[4] The highway would also provide alternative access to the M-1 motorway, Islamabad International Airport, and Rawalpindi Ring Road.

30 billion by Prime Minister Imran Khan in an effort to distribute commercial center between future extensions of Islamabad and existing city.

[15][16] Margalla Avenue is significant to the project to connect this new commercial center to the western bank phase II of the city, the auction of this started in July 2020.