Punjab Bagh flyover to seemingly open on Friday
Chief minister Atishi is prone to inaugurate on Friday the six-lane Membership Highway flyover in Punjabi Bagh, officers from Public Works Division (PWD) stated. The flyover from ESI metro station to Membership Highway in Punjabi Bagh was opened for a trial run for over eight hours on Tuesday and no visitors issues had been noticed, the officers added.
The flyover has been prepared since August however couldn’t be inaugurated because the tree-felling permission for a tree alongside the median had not come by way of from the forest division. Much like the Anand Vihar flyover that was inaugurated on Wednesday, the Punjabi Bagh flyover may also now be inaugurated by barricading the tree and inserting retro-reflective stickers round it, the officers stated.
“We obtained a request for trial runs for Tuesday. The flyover was stored open in the course of the morning in addition to night peak hours and the motion of autos was clean. No main visitors issues had been reported. The trial run might be mentioned once more with PWD on Thursday earlier than the inauguration on Friday,” stated a senior visitors police official.
The 1.5-kilometre-long Membership Highway flyover is among the two flyovers that comprise built-in transit hall improvement and road community between Punjabi Bagh Flyover and Raja Backyard Flyover in West Delhi. The primary part of the hall—Moti Nagar flyover—was inaugurated by chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on March 13.
Each sections of the flyover are a part of the west Delhi Elevated Hall launched in September 2022 that was anticipated to be accomplished by December 2023. Except for the flyover, a subway can be being constructed close to Punjabi Bagh. The estimated price of this challenge is ₹352.32 crore. Officers stated that the flyover is anticipated to scale back 1.6 lakh tonne of carbon emissions and save 18 lakh litres of gasoline yearly by lowering journey time between north and south Delhi areas.
The challenge requires permission for felling of 33 bushes, which incorporates one on the flyover alongside the median whereas the others are at grade hampering highway and footpath restore work, officers stated. The tree on the flyover is alongside the carriageway from Raja Backyard to ESI hospital. The challenge had earlier missed its December 2023 and February 2024 deadlines as a result of utilities equivalent to high-tension energy cables and a water pipeline within the space had not been shifted by the respective companies.
In the meantime, PWD can be prone to begin restore work on Ring highway to change the central verge under Punjabi Bagh and Wazirpur flyovers. Following dialogue with visitors police, PWD is anticipated to position concrete Jersey obstacles to create sign free stretches.
“There are two visitors lights at grade below the flyovers that create a bottleneck. Following discussions with the visitors police, it was determined that the junctions needs to be made extra compact to scale back visitors or sign free with prolonged U-turns. We should implement the design adjustments and see which is a greater answer,” stated a PWD official.
Aside from inserting concrete obstacles, eradicating additional kerb stones and reinforcing it with metal obstacles, the work may also embody removing of particles and ending work with portray and signage markings, officers stated.
