Two roads to be constructed using new technology
Friday, 29 November 2013 12:00
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The Times of India 29.11.2013 Two roads to be constructed using new technology
AURANGABAD: The AMC on Thursday said it would construct the road from Lemon Tree hotel to Jalgaon T Point that is 2.5 km long with a new technology called 'white topping'.
Sena group leader in the AMC Sushil Khedkar on Thursday said the civic body is introducing the technology for the first time in the city. "A proposal worth Rs 3 crore for the construction of the road was already approved by the general body about six or seven months back. But the proposal was for a simple tar road. Now, however, we have decided to develop it in this new way. The civic body will put in additional costs to improve the quality of the road," he said.
Executive engineer in the civic body Silkander Ali said road built using the white topping technology were more durable as compared to the others. "White topping technology is quite common in cities like Mumbai and Pune. Roads do not develop potholes for more than 15 years after construction," he said.
In addition to this, Ali said the civic body would construct the 1.8 km road stretch between Central Naka and Jalgaon road via SBH and N5 water tank using the same new technology. "The corporation will use Rs 30 crore .The job will be completed in the current financial year," he said.
Five city roads to be smoother, stronger
Friday, 29 November 2013 11:24
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The Times of India 29.11.2013 Five city roads to be smoother, stronger
SURAT: Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) has decided to go for micro-surfacing of its roads. This would not only give durability to the roads, but also help it save Rs 25 crore annually which is spent on re-carpeting work.
Ghod Dod Road, Rander Tadwadi-Chokshiwadi Rroad, Anand Mahal Road, Sumul Dairy Road and New Bhatar Road would be micro-surfaced in the first phase. Surat has nearly 1,800 km long roads. The first phase would cover two lakh square metre of road area.
The height of the layer would be just 8mm with micro-surfacing method, above the existing polymeric roads. It will be less expensive compared to polymeric roads and is also environment friendly. Micro-surfacing would cost just Rs 125 per square metre to the civic body as against Rs 341 per square metre that goes for laying an asphalt cement concrete road.
"The whole process of micro-surfacing will be completed in 45 minutes. There would be no traffic jams during re-carpeting work," a SMC official said.
"Micro-surfacing enhances the durability of the road surface. It does not allow the water to percolate during the monsoon season," said Jatin Shah, city engineer.
A number of roads in New Delhi are micro-surfaced. The Ahmedabad-Vadodara Expressway too is micro-surfaced.
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45 roads to be developed under TenderSURE
Monday, 25 November 2013 09:09
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Deccan Herald 25.11.2013 45 roads to be developed under TenderSURE The BBMP has decided to develop 45 roads
covering 72 km under the TenderSURE (Specifications for Urban Road
Execution) scheme at an estimated cost of Rs 600 crore.
These
roads will cost three times more than the normal tar roads, and require
minimum maintenance and last for a longer period, about 20 years.
“The
government has already sanctioned about Rs 200 crore, the rest the
Palike will pool in,” said BBMP Commissioner Lakshminarayana. Work on
the TenderSURE roads that have been designed by a City-based NGO will be
executed by private builders. Civic agencies including BWSSB and Bescom
will work on a common platform with the BBMP to ensure that the plan is
properly executed.
Lakshminarayana said there will be uniform
pedestrian walks, cycle paths, utility depths and bus bays, which will
ensure that the roads are maintained well for long. A separate channel
would be created for all the utilities to be laid under the roads, by
digging either side of the road.
Will take one year
“To lay normal roads, it
takes a week’s time, while construction of road under TenderSURE will
take a year. Once these 45 roads are built, we will take up another 30
roads,” he explained. The NAPC has been assigned the task to lay seven
roads covering a stretch of 9.15 km. “The plan was sent to the Cabinet
thrice and was sent back without approval. The fourth time the
government accepted the proposal,” he said.
Kiran Mazumder Shaw
of Biocon said no one came forward initially when the tender was
floated. “Capital investment to build such roads will be higher.
However, it is going to give us back much more,” she said.
“It is
for the first time in the country that any government has taken an
initiative to re-design roads similar to the one in front of the UB
City,” said Shaw.
Ugandhar Dhanyamraju, Chief Operating Officer,
NAPC, said every effort will be made to ensure minimum inconvenience is
caused. “Stretches as small as 500 metres would be dug at once and most
work will be done only in the night,” he said.
Dhanyamraju said
that the entire month of December would be spent on micro-planning to
look into the strategies such as traffic diversions, prioritising the
roads and other associated aspects. “We hope to begin with St Marks
Road,” he added. The NAPC will use an electro-magnetic sensor to mark
the utilities.
On a pilot basis
Swathi Ramanathan, an
architect from Jana Urban Space, who has designed 12 roads, said that
the project was started in 2009. “Warton Road and Vittal Mallya Road
were taken up on a pilot basis. Even now, you can see how the roads
are,” she said.
MLA Haris said they would have skywalks with escalators near schools to ensure safety when the work is on.
As
the work progresses, it will be updated on the website
www.ichangemycity.com, which will also act as a forum for the people to
post their problems.
Machine touch to fix potholes
Thursday, 21 November 2013 07:31
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Deccan Chronicle 21.11.2013 Machine touch to fix potholes
Bangalore: After
repeatedly failing to keep its promise to make city roads pothole-free,
the BBMP will now use a PYTHON 5000 Pothole Patcher machine, which can
repair 30 kilometres of road in eight hours. Work on filling the
potholes will begin on Thursday. The BBMP, which is under
severe public criticism for poor maintenance of roads, has selected
major roads across all the six zones for repair work. Some 1,940
kilometres of road, which is roughly 75 per cent of the total road
network in the city, will be made pothole free through this machine. "As
per the tender agreement, the company is also given the responsibility
of road maintenance for the next three years," said an officer. At a time five tonnes of bitumen can be loaded in the machine. It can fill up a pothole within three to five minutes. “We expect the machine can solve the pothole problem at least by the end of this year,” the officer added. According
to BBMP commissioner M. Lakshminarayana, for every kilometre of road,
the BBMP will spend Rs 70,000 to Rs 80,000 depending on the number of
potholes. Bangalore based American Road Technology has brought this Rs 3 crore machine to the city as part of the tender agreement with the BBMP. According
to sources, this is the second time the BBMP has tried to get these
pothole-filling machines in the hope of finding an instant solution to
the problem. “When D. Venkatesh Murthy was the mayor, it was
planned to purchase eight pothole filling machines. But the plan didn't
materialise. We wish this time we achieve success,” said an officer from
the road maintenance wing.
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