Cabinet okays mega road projects in city
Friday, 04 December 2009 03:17
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Deccan Chronicle 04.12.2009 Cabinet okays mega road projects in cityDecember 4th, 2009 By Our Correspondent Dec. 3: The Cabinet approved the development of 12 arterial and 46 sub-arterial roads in erstwhile CMC areas which are now the part of BBMP at a cost of Rs 3,248 crore. “The project will be executed over three years. The road quality will be monitored to ensure durability,” home minister V.S. Acharya told reporters after the Cabinet meeting. Other important roads that have been selected for development besides roads in CMC areas, include the stretch from Mysore Road to Hosur Road on Outer Ring Road, Jayadeva Circle to Hulimavu on Bannerghatta Road, Chord Road to Outer Ring Road junction on Magadi Road, Mekhri Circle to Hope Farm on Old Madras Road, Hosur-Lashkar Road and Dr Rajkumar Road.
BBMP to widen 21 roads soon
Thursday, 03 December 2009 08:09
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Deccan Herald 03.12.2009 | BBMP to widen 21 roads soon | | Bangalore, Dec 2, DHNS: |
A massive demolition drive is in the offing along some important roads, as the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike will soon launch 21 road widening projects. | | |
According to the BBMP sources, the road widening drive will be taken on Kanakapura Main Road, Amruthanagar Main Road, Yalchenahalli Main Road, Gubbalalu Main Road, Gubbalalu 100 feet Link Road, Vaajarahalli Main Road, Vaddarapalya Main Road, Kammanahalli Road, Hommadevanahalli Road, Sarjapur Main Road, Halanayakanahalli Road, Rayasandra Road, Begur Koppa Road, Kodi Chikkanahalli Main Road, Begur Hosur Road, Kammanahalli Begur Main Road, Hulimavu Begur Road, Hulimavu Hosur Road, Parappana Agrahara Main Road, Koodlu Road and AECS Layout Main Road.
The BBMP has planned to widen Kanakapura Road by 45 metres all along a stretch of 8.1 km, starting from JP Nagar 15th Cross to NICE Road, which would cover Yelchenahalli, Konanakunte Cross and Talaghattapura.
Amruthanagar Road from Khode’s Glass Factory to Anjanapura would be widened by 24 metres, Yelchenahalli Road from Kanakapura Main Road to ISRO Layout 10th Cross by 12 metres, Gubbalalu Main Road and Gubbalalu 100 feet Road would be widened by 18 metres and 24 metres, respectively. Wajarahalli Main Road, Waddarpalya Main Road, Kammanahalli Road, Begur Koppa Road, Parappana Agrahara Road and AECS Layout Main Road would be widened by 24 metres. Sarjapur Main road would be widened by 45 metres on a stretch of 4.5 km.
Tannery Road
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike started the process of road widening work on Tannery Road. There was a growing demand for the widening of the road which was very narrow. The BBMP persuaded people to give up their properties to ease traffic congestion. Many residents have reportedly agreed to it and voluntarily purchased TDR but there was resistance against this road widening project and the BBMP is persuading them, said BBMP sources.
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Road to be declared garbage-free
Friday, 27 November 2009 10:34
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The Hindu 27.11.2009 Road to be declared garbage-free Special Correspondent | Project under Total Sanitation Mission |
Road concerned is at Koothali grama panchayat Aim is to make State garbage-free in 3 years
KOZHIKODE: The district is steadily moving towards the goal of achieving garbage–free status envisaged under the State government’s Total Sanitation Mission. A significant moment in the campaign would be on Saturday when Minister for Local Self-Government Paloli Mohammed Kutty will declare a road in Koothali panchayat garbage-free. The function will be held at Koothali grama panchayat in Perambra block panchayat. District panchayat president K.P. Kunhammedkutty will preside. After the announcement of “garbage-free model roads” is made, the onus of keeping the roads clean will be on the people of the locality. These roads will be looked after by voluntary agencies, political parties, clubs and libraries under the leadership of the panchayat committee concerned. This was announced at a press conference on Thursday by M. Radhakrishnan, chairman, district panchayat’s standing committee for Health and Education, and K. Narayanan, president, Koothali grama panchayat. Deadline The District Sanitation Mission, which is implementing the project in this district, has set May 31, 2010 as the deadline to achieve the “model garbage-free status” for at least one road in every ward in all the panchayats in Kozhikode district. The garbage-free road project is part of achieving the goal of total sanitation for the entire State. Keeping public places free of garbage is expected to help contain the spread of diseases. The Total Sanitation Mission aims at achieving garbage free-status for the entire State in three years. Model roads It was earlier decided at a meeting of presidents of local bodies that at least one main road in each grama panchayat would be declared “model garbage-free road.” This declaration was made on November 1 under the project that aims at achieving the goal of ‘malinyamuktham, mathrukaparam, ente Kozhikode.’
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PMC set to roll out work on final development of JM, FC roads
Tuesday, 24 November 2009 09:55
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The Times of India 24.11.2009 PMC set to roll out work on final development of JM, FC roadsSnehal Sonawane Sawant, TNN 24 November 2009, 04:14am IST PUNE: Now that the authorities have embarked upon the task of removing the dividers on Jangli Maharaj and Fergusson College roads, the PMC and the traffic police have made plans to have enough space for all types of road users.
A dedicated bus lane on the extreme left of the road, a walking promenade and a cycle track at the other end and motor-vehicle lanes in the centre is what the road will have in a couple of months.
Speaking to TOI, Madhav Latkar, development engineer (roads) said that the plans have been prepared for end-to-end development of JM and FC roads to make it easier and safer for motorists and pedestrians and accessible for public transport users.
The civic officials are in the process of seeking final and formal approval for the plan from the standing committee, work on which will begin soon after the dividers on both the roads are removed.
The roads were made one-ways in August on an experimental basis and it was decided to go ahead with the system in October. The work of removing the dividers has begun and this will ensure that the carriage way of the roads becomes wider.
"All that remains is the micro finalisation of the plan and then we will start work. We are still working out the final details regarding road side parking. Road side parking is likely to be allowed only on one side of the road since there is already one PMC parking lot on FC road and a multi-storied parking facility on JM road," Latkar said.
A safe walking promenade and a cycle track is what the PMC has planned to develop on the other end of the road.
"We want to develop the walking area with utmost care so that it is safe and walking becomes a good experience for citizens. It will be one of a kind. However, completion of the infrastructure development will take some time," Latkar said.
The bus lane and the rest of the traffic will be separated by a short and sturdy concrete divider of about nine inches in height, which won't be a hassle for pedestrians to cross.
"The lanes will merge at big intersection squares like the Agriculture college chowk so that it will be easier for buses to turn right. The small concrete dividers will be absent here," Latkar said.
Latkar did not furnish details as to when exactly the work will be completed.
However, citizens are sceptical about the PMC's grand plans and refuse to believe it until they see it.
Siddharth Pendse a pedestrian on FC road said, "We often here about big plans from the civic body. But it takes years for something to actually materialise. In this case too, they just made the road one way one fine day and now they are going to work on it. Let's see what happens. No roads in the city are pedestrian-friendly."
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