Ride on NH-24 to become faster
Ride on NH-24 to become faster
NEW DELHI: For lakhs of motorists using National Highway-24 for travelling to and from East Delhi and beyond, the ride is all set to get smoother and faster with the Delhi Government’s Public Works Department now working towards completing the road widening work from Pandav Nagar to Ghazipur Drain by July-end.
Also, with work on the Ghazipur flyover due to start in March, people can now well hope for a signal free-journey on the road right up to the Uttar Pradesh border in a couple of years.
Though works on the road widening project were awarded in August 2006 and were expected to be completed by November 2007, the project had run into delays on various counts from the world go. “First we were unable to get the slums out of the way and because of that, work could not start for eight months,” explained PWD Engineer-in-Chief R. Subramanian.
And after the tenements were removed in April-May 2007, another problem cropped up. “The price of bitumen, with which the road is laid, and steel, which is an important material for construction of new bridges, went up sharply and we had to get a revised sanction from the Union Ministry of Surface Transport. That having been received, work would gather pace now,” the official said.
Since extreme cold conditions are not ideal for laying of roads, he said, now that the weather had cleared laying of roads would pick up speed. “Also we would be throwing open new sections to the public as soon as they are completed to ease congestion on the road. A ramp from near Mother Dairy at Pandav Nagar would be opened soon to allow easy movement of east bound traffic.”
At Pandav Nagar, the eight-lane highway would move slightly south as construction of the new bridge has been taken on only one side of the existing highway. “So while the existing four lanes would be used for traffic going from Akshardham to Ghazipur, the four new lanes would bring it in the reverse direction.”
By July-end, Mr. Subramanian said, all the works on the two-kilometre section would be completed and people would have an eight-lane highway to travel on.
The major relief would, however, come two years from now when the Ghazipur flyover and underpass would be completed. “Work on the flyover would start in March 2008. Tenders have been floated and works have been awarded for this six-lane flyover that would come up on NH-24. Traffic at the Ghazipur intersection would also improve as an underpass would also come up there on Road No. 56. In between there would be a rotary for turning traffic,” Mr Subramanian said.
Source: The Hindu
NEW DELHI: For lakhs of motorists using National Highway-24 for travelling to and from East Delhi and beyond, the ride is all set to get smoother and faster with the Delhi Government’s Public Works Department now working towards completing the road widening work from Pandav Nagar to Ghazipur Drain by July-end.
Also, with work on the Ghazipur flyover due to start in March, people can now well hope for a signal free-journey on the road right up to the Uttar Pradesh border in a couple of years.
Though works on the road widening project were awarded in August 2006 and were expected to be completed by November 2007, the project had run into delays on various counts from the world go. “First we were unable to get the slums out of the way and because of that, work could not start for eight months,” explained PWD Engineer-in-Chief R. Subramanian.
And after the tenements were removed in April-May 2007, another problem cropped up. “The price of bitumen, with which the road is laid, and steel, which is an important material for construction of new bridges, went up sharply and we had to get a revised sanction from the Union Ministry of Surface Transport. That having been received, work would gather pace now,” the official said.
Since extreme cold conditions are not ideal for laying of roads, he said, now that the weather had cleared laying of roads would pick up speed. “Also we would be throwing open new sections to the public as soon as they are completed to ease congestion on the road. A ramp from near Mother Dairy at Pandav Nagar would be opened soon to allow easy movement of east bound traffic.”
At Pandav Nagar, the eight-lane highway would move slightly south as construction of the new bridge has been taken on only one side of the existing highway. “So while the existing four lanes would be used for traffic going from Akshardham to Ghazipur, the four new lanes would bring it in the reverse direction.”
By July-end, Mr. Subramanian said, all the works on the two-kilometre section would be completed and people would have an eight-lane highway to travel on.
The major relief would, however, come two years from now when the Ghazipur flyover and underpass would be completed. “Work on the flyover would start in March 2008. Tenders have been floated and works have been awarded for this six-lane flyover that would come up on NH-24. Traffic at the Ghazipur intersection would also improve as an underpass would also come up there on Road No. 56. In between there would be a rotary for turning traffic,” Mr Subramanian said.
Source: The Hindu