The Times of India 08.12.2009
AMC to spend Rs 50L to make city commuter-friendly
AHMEDABAD: Realizing the importance of traffic signs & signages, finally, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is sprucing up these facilities across the city. Last year, TOI had carried out a campaign for improving traffic signs and signages in the city.
The road and building committee of AMC on Monday cleared the proposal of putting up necessary traffic signals with properly marked zebra crossings, central verge, road turnings, arrow marks among others.
"With more than 2,000 kilometres of road and around 21 lakh vehicles running on it, lack of mandatory and precautionary traffic signs and signages are bad signs for a growing mega city like Ahmedabad.
In the present plan, AMC will be spending Rs 50 lakh to improve the traffic infrastructure in the city," said a senior AMC official.
The road and building committee of AMC on Monday cleared the proposal of putting up necessary traffic signals with properly marked zebra crossings, central verge, road turnings, arrow marks among others.
"With more than 2,000 kilometres of road and around 21 lakh vehicles running on it, lack of mandatory and precautionary traffic signs and signages are bad signs for a growing mega city like Ahmedabad.
In the present plan, AMC will be spending Rs 50 lakh to improve the traffic infrastructure in the city," said a senior AMC official.
