PMC standing committee approves ₹117 cr flyover on Sinhagad Rd, defeats purpose of sustainable mobility.
The
Pune Municipal Corporation’s (PMC) standing committee on Tuesday approved a fl yover on the Narvir Tanaji Malusare Road, popularly known as
Sinhgad Road, hindering its own goal to achieve sustainable mobility by 2031.
The standing committee approved the new flyover from
Rajaram Bridge to Vadgaon Phata to ease traffic from Swargate to Vadgaon, Dhayari and other locations. One more flyover will be built for commuters towards Swargate from the Indian Hume Pipe Company to Inamdar Chowk.
Standing committee chairman Hemant Rasane said, “This flyover will help to reduce traffic congestion on the road and will also save fuel. The cost of the flyover is 117 crore, and it will take around 36 months to complete the work.”
Metro gives PMC the wrong signals
Metro gives PMC the wrong signals
Pune Mirror / Updated: Jul 20, 2021, 06:00 IST
By Anup Satphale
Close to 30 junctions have defunct traffic lights in city, many left damaged by Pune Metro work. As citizens brave traffic snarls, civic body says Metro does not inform about ongoing work, preventing them from making arrangements for smooth traffic movement
If you have recently been exasperated with traffic snarls at city junctions and wondered if people have forgotten their road sense while sitting at home in social isolation, you are mostly wrong. The whole circus at 30 major traffic junctions especially at the Gunjan chowk and the