Motorists using the University Road and the Sancheti hospital chowk and bridge can hope for a hassle-free drive in about a year-and-half at the crucial junction, which today sees major traffic jams during peak hours.
Motorists using the University Road and the Sancheti hospital chowk and bridge can hope for a hassle-free drive in about a year-and-half at the crucial junction, which today sees major traffic jams during peak hours. The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has invited tenders for the widening of the important bridge. Work is expected to begin in a month or two. Additional City Engineer, PMC, Vivek Kharwadkar said that a Central Railways (CR) technical team had already approved the plan submitted by the PMC.
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"This was required since a railway line passes below the bridge and there are several overhead equipment. The Railways need to inform their motormen and technicians about any work of the kind near railway tracks, after which a plan is prepared that involves how trains would be affected in the coming months. That particular period's railway operations are then chalked out with back-up plans if trains are delayed. If required, the Railways request modifications in the projects, which we carry out," said Kharwadkar.
Asked if the CR did request any modifications, Kharwadkar replied in the negative.The bridge will be widened from nine metres to 19 metres and this will cost around Rs 12 crore. A few acres of land that was needed from the College of Engineering Pune (COEP) was acquired two months ago when Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar was in the city and initiated the process, said Kharwadkar.
u00a0A new boundary wall will have to be built for the COEP as a part of the agreement. The work will take a year to a year-and-half and, once completed, will ease traffic passing over the bridge, which joins the Wellesley Road, Pune Regional Transport Office (RTO) and vehicles going towards Pimpri-Chinchwad. The Sancheti hospital chowk today is a traffic nightmare because of the ongoing construction of an underground subway, or grade separator, to enable vehicles to pass underground and reduce traffic volume on the surface.
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