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Written By kesavadas - 10 November, 2010
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Can anyone enlighten me as to what will happen to Old Madras Road once the Metro comes.
Will it be widened? Is there any plan by any authority on this?
As it is. driving on the road is a nightmare.The authorities have cheated the public when they built the new road to NGEF by making it so narrow. There was enough place and they could have planned the road keeping in mind the huge volume of traffic when the Metro is opened.
Or am I wrong and is there actually a grand plan!!!!!!
COMMENTS
it's the same thing, time and again!
murali772 - 10 November, 2010 - 17:27
Yes, the question comes up time and again - check this. Perhaps, we need to force the answers out.
rs - 10 November, 2010 - 16:13
In face I have the same question about Tumkur Road - it is a monumental mess right now. They seem to be making some attempts at widening the side roads but its not clear what their grand plan is - if there is one. One serious thing they need to address is the junction with Outer Ring Road - it meets the road in two distinct places and this often causes a big mess.
Ramesh
ksnandan - 10 November, 2010 - 17:53
This road should have definitely be wider. Wonder what BMRCL would achieve by clinging on to the space next to boundary wall. There arent any structures that are coming up there.
The asphalting done near the tracks on OMR is pathetic. It has created a horrible "hump" and that slows down the pace of the vehicles thus reducing the no of vehicles that pass through during "Green signal"
Can a flyover at this junction solve the traffic woes?
I have observed that the piers for the viaduct are quite apart from each other. There is enough space left for one more track to be laid. Is this keeping future plans in mind ??
Edit: Please zoom in a little to see the Piers location.
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traffic mgmt during construction phase
murali772 - 11 November, 2010 - 08:25
A major claim made by the Delhi Metro, and a justifiable one if I understand correctly, was that they provided for smooth flow of traffic at all their project sites. Has BMRCL ever said anything to this effect? And, if not, why not?
abidpqa - 12 November, 2010 - 17:56
BMRCL should not have closed the road from Bypanahalli railway station to Old Madras Road near CDAC. I wonder if there is any protocol to completely close down a road as I didnt see any notification about that.
There should be a flyover across Old Madras Road. There is a flyover being built at Mahadevpura where not even half the traffic of OMR. It looks like the design of OMR-Kasturi Nagar road junction is also wrong.
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