KOLKATA: Commute in the city is about to be put at the fast lane with the inauguration of quite a lot of flyovers and elevated corridors this year.
Working on leader minister Mamata Banerjee’s vision of upgrading town’s transport system with better connectivity, KMDA officials stated the flyovers—proposed and the ones nearly ready—would assist ease congestions and minimize down on go back and forth time considerbaly.
One of the most-awaited undertaking is the ramp connecting the Maa flyover with the
AJC Bose Road flyover, which is scheduled to be ready by the top of this month and might be thrown open to the general public by March. The 1.1-km-long ramp, which can branch off from Maa flyover close to the Topia police station and run over the Congress Exhibition Road and Nasiruddin Road, will be offering a 9-km uninterrupted drive from the EM Bypass through the AJC Bose Road flyover to the racecourse.
Now, west-bound automobiles taking the Maa flyover on EM Bypass need to get down at the Park Circus Seven-Point crossing and go back and forth a couple of metres earlier than they can get admission to the AJC Bose Road flyover. Officials in the city construction department, which is monitoring the undertaking, stated police would carry out trial runs for traffic control as soon as the ramp was ready earlier than finalising a traffic circulate plan. Once the ramp is ready, eastbound automobiles, heading for the Bypass, can through the day take the Maa Flyover from Park Circus Seven-Point crossing, a hyperlink that stays opens most effective from 10pm until 9am now.
The other elevated hall that town is looking ahead to is the 6.Eight-km-long Jinjirabazar flyover, Kolkata’s 2d longest flyover after Maa, which might be inaugurated by March. Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) officials stated the elevated hall would supply an uninterrupted drive from Taratala Road to Budge Budge, without having to get stuck in the congestions at the road beneath.
Apart from these two initiatives, which are set to make commute easier and faster for Kolkatans, a couple of extra probabilities also are being explored. The KMDA is recently working at the feasibility find out about and making ready a detailed undertaking experiences on two proposed flyovers, one at the Ruby crossing on EM Bypass and any other from Ultadanga to Girish Park and likewise on a ramp from the Maa flyover that will probably be constructed over Syed Amir Ali Avenue and Ballygunge Phari.
If the proposed flyover from Ultadanga to Girish Park materialised and the Vivekananda Road flyover was rebuilt and joined with it, it will be a swift hyperlink between Howrah-Burrabazar aspect and Ultadanga, majorly reducing go back and forth time. Going by the proposal, an arm could also be supposed to branch off from Kankurgachi to Bengal Chemicals off EM Bypass, which might be a two-way ramp to go back and forth to and from Howrah.
The KMDA additionally plans to begin work on two flyover initiatives, one from Dhakuria to the Jadavpur Sulekha crossing and any other at Sector V, over College More. The government floated tenders for both final year.
Working on leader minister Mamata Banerjee’s vision of upgrading town’s transport system with better connectivity, KMDA officials stated the flyovers—proposed and the ones nearly ready—would assist ease congestions and minimize down on go back and forth time considerbaly.
One of the most-awaited undertaking is the ramp connecting the Maa flyover with the
AJC Bose Road flyover, which is scheduled to be ready by the top of this month and might be thrown open to the general public by March. The 1.1-km-long ramp, which can branch off from Maa flyover close to the Topia police station and run over the Congress Exhibition Road and Nasiruddin Road, will be offering a 9-km uninterrupted drive from the EM Bypass through the AJC Bose Road flyover to the racecourse.
Now, west-bound automobiles taking the Maa flyover on EM Bypass need to get down at the Park Circus Seven-Point crossing and go back and forth a couple of metres earlier than they can get admission to the AJC Bose Road flyover. Officials in the city construction department, which is monitoring the undertaking, stated police would carry out trial runs for traffic control as soon as the ramp was ready earlier than finalising a traffic circulate plan. Once the ramp is ready, eastbound automobiles, heading for the Bypass, can through the day take the Maa Flyover from Park Circus Seven-Point crossing, a hyperlink that stays opens most effective from 10pm until 9am now.
The other elevated hall that town is looking ahead to is the 6.Eight-km-long Jinjirabazar flyover, Kolkata’s 2d longest flyover after Maa, which might be inaugurated by March. Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) officials stated the elevated hall would supply an uninterrupted drive from Taratala Road to Budge Budge, without having to get stuck in the congestions at the road beneath.
Apart from these two initiatives, which are set to make commute easier and faster for Kolkatans, a couple of extra probabilities also are being explored. The KMDA is recently working at the feasibility find out about and making ready a detailed undertaking experiences on two proposed flyovers, one at the Ruby crossing on EM Bypass and any other from Ultadanga to Girish Park and likewise on a ramp from the Maa flyover that will probably be constructed over Syed Amir Ali Avenue and Ballygunge Phari.
If the proposed flyover from Ultadanga to Girish Park materialised and the Vivekananda Road flyover was rebuilt and joined with it, it will be a swift hyperlink between Howrah-Burrabazar aspect and Ultadanga, majorly reducing go back and forth time. Going by the proposal, an arm could also be supposed to branch off from Kankurgachi to Bengal Chemicals off EM Bypass, which might be a two-way ramp to go back and forth to and from Howrah.
The KMDA additionally plans to begin work on two flyover initiatives, one from Dhakuria to the Jadavpur Sulekha crossing and any other at Sector V, over College More. The government floated tenders for both final year.
New flyovers to put Kolkata in the fast lane
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