PUNE: The Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) is planning to widen the 900-metre stretch of the road from Wakad chowk (on the Westerly bypass) to Shivaji chowk easing the traffic problems from Wakad to Hinjewadi IT Park.
The road stretch, which falls within the PCMC limits, is to be widened to 30 metre with six lanes at a cost of Rs 7.97 crore. The civic standing committee approved a resolution to this effect last week.
The PCMC has already planned a bus rapid transit system (BRTS) route reaching Wakad chowk from Kaspate Vasti. While the BRTS road up to Wakad chowk will be 45 metre wide, the 900-metre road ahead is to be widened to 30 metres. M T Kamble, joint city engineer, PCMC, said, "The civic body will not have to spend an additional amount on widening the stretch since it will be included in the works for the BRTS. The road widening will reduce traffic congestion and benefit residents of the twin township and other nearby areas.
The standing committee resolution states that social organizations, local corporators, traffic police and others have demanded that the road from Wakad chowk going to the IT park be widened to reduce traffic congestion and accidents.
A civic official said that the 30-metre-wide road will have six lanes. This road will be widened by another 15 metre in the second phase after the civic body gets possession of the necessary land. The road widening will be completed before the onset of monsoon next year, he added.
R B Nale, assistant police inspector, Hinjewadi traffic police chowkey, said, "The road from Wakad chowk on the westerly bypass near the flyover to Hinjewadi is unevenly wide. The vehicular traffic flow is very high from 8 am to 11 am when the IT employees from various parts of Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad go to their workplaces at the IT park. The bridge over the nullah is narrow from Wakad to Hinjewadi and is a bottleneck. The people from Pune city coming from Baner side use the road below the flyover while the people from Pimpri Chinchwad city use the flyover to go to the IT Park. As a result there is traffic congestion when the vehicles reach the bridge over the nullah. The traffic police alternately allow the traffic from the flyover and that below the flyover to proceed towards the nullah bridge."
Nale said, "Half of the road from Wakad chowk to Hinjewadi lies within the PCMC limits and the remaining half is in the possession of the Maharashtra Industries Development Corporation. The road needs to be widened by both the authorities to reduce the traffic congestion."
The road stretch, which falls within the PCMC limits, is to be widened to 30 metre with six lanes at a cost of Rs 7.97 crore. The civic standing committee approved a resolution to this effect last week.
The PCMC has already planned a bus rapid transit system (BRTS) route reaching Wakad chowk from Kaspate Vasti. While the BRTS road up to Wakad chowk will be 45 metre wide, the 900-metre road ahead is to be widened to 30 metres. M T Kamble, joint city engineer, PCMC, said, "The civic body will not have to spend an additional amount on widening the stretch since it will be included in the works for the BRTS. The road widening will reduce traffic congestion and benefit residents of the twin township and other nearby areas.
The standing committee resolution states that social organizations, local corporators, traffic police and others have demanded that the road from Wakad chowk going to the IT park be widened to reduce traffic congestion and accidents.
A civic official said that the 30-metre-wide road will have six lanes. This road will be widened by another 15 metre in the second phase after the civic body gets possession of the necessary land. The road widening will be completed before the onset of monsoon next year, he added.
R B Nale, assistant police inspector, Hinjewadi traffic police chowkey, said, "The road from Wakad chowk on the westerly bypass near the flyover to Hinjewadi is unevenly wide. The vehicular traffic flow is very high from 8 am to 11 am when the IT employees from various parts of Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad go to their workplaces at the IT park. The bridge over the nullah is narrow from Wakad to Hinjewadi and is a bottleneck. The people from Pune city coming from Baner side use the road below the flyover while the people from Pimpri Chinchwad city use the flyover to go to the IT Park. As a result there is traffic congestion when the vehicles reach the bridge over the nullah. The traffic police alternately allow the traffic from the flyover and that below the flyover to proceed towards the nullah bridge."
Nale said, "Half of the road from Wakad chowk to Hinjewadi lies within the PCMC limits and the remaining half is in the possession of the Maharashtra Industries Development Corporation. The road needs to be widened by both the authorities to reduce the traffic congestion."
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