The temporary closure of Gariahat flyover for load testing doubled the commute time for many vehicles that took Gariahat Road instead on Saturday. The flyover enables hundreds of motorists to jump past the congested Gariahat crossing. Gariahat flyover has been closed to traffic from Friday night till Tuesday early morning for a load testing exercise […]
Category: Roads
Kolkata cops list spots for islands to aid pedestrians
Police have drawn up a list of 13 big intersections that pedestrians find it difficult to walk across at one go, resulting in accidents. “These intersections have been identified considering the pedestrian crossover load and how big they are compared with others,” Arijit Sinha, deputy commissioner of police, traffic, told The Telegraph. “A better way […]
One lane to open for traffic by March-end
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will formally open one lane of the 5.4km Dalkhola bypass along the NH12 (formerly NH34) in North Dinajpur district for traffic — apart from goods vehicles — by the end of this month for the ease of residents and tourists. Residents of Dalkhola in North Dinajpur district as […]
Bascule bridge in Kidderpore to be closed for 2 months
The bascule bridge, which connects Kidderpore and Garden Reach, will be closed for at least two months in the second half of 2022 for an overhaul of the 50-year-old structure. The Kolkata port, the custodian of the bridge, will float a global tender for the work, which will take about six months from the start. […]
‘Zero-emission’ German technology mastic asphalt for Red Road
Red Road, which served as a British airstrip roughly for three years during World War II, will get its top cover re-laid with a layer of mastic asphalt which will be prepared using a ‘zero-emission’ German technology. A plant located near Rajarhat that uses the new German technology will produce the mastic asphalt that will […]
Fresh paint for Parama flyover at Rs 1.27 crore for business summit
The urban development department has decided to give the Parama flyover a fresh coat of paint. Kolkata Municipal Development Authority (KMDA) that maintains the flyover has floated a tender. The work has to be completed by mid-April. The project will cost around Rs 1.27 crore. The 3.75km-long stretch between Park Circus and Silver Spring, which […]
New Chingrihata overbridge fails to deter pedestrians from crossing EM Bypass
The new foot overbridge at the Chingrighata crossing of EM Bypass has not yet led to any reduction in pedestrians walking across the busy intersection, police officers said a little over a week after the chief minister inaugurated the structure. While a section of pedestrians, including the Sector V-bound crowd and school kids, has started […]
Station-Parsudih road to be repaired after five years
The busy Parsudih-Station road which has turned dangerous for commuters will get a fresh lease of life soon. The state’s road construction department (RCD) under whose command the road in question falls has on Saturday floated tender for getting it repaired. Executive engineer, RCD’s Jamshedpur division, Ramvilash Sahu said the department has tender value of […]
Tallah bridge set to miss April deadline
The new Tallah bridge is far from ready and PWD engineers overseeing the project said the structure is unlikely to be opened before June-end. Officials had earlier said the new bridge would be opened in April. Engineers supervising the Rs 350-crore project in north Kolkata said only about 40 per cent of the work over […]
Night curbs on AJC Bose flyover till March 2 dawn
Night traffic will not be allowed on the AJC Bose Road flyover till March 2 dawn. The restrictions, in place since February 26 for an inspection, will apply between 10pm and 6am each night. Engineers of the Hooghly River Bridge Commissioners, which maintains the 3km-long flyover that was inaugurated in 2003, said some of the […]
Bridge partially shut for repairs in Siliguri
The district administration decided to close one of the two bridges partially over Mahananda river in Siliguri from Tuesday to February 27 for repairs. The curb led to traffic congestion in the region. “The state PWD (north Bengal construction division) will carry out some maintenance work on the structure of Mahananda Bridge. Considering these repairs, […]
Salt Lake traffic police use guardrails to mark potholes and craters
The traffic police in Salt Lake have started placing guardrails and traffic cones to mark deep potholes and craters in order to prevent motorists and riders from driving over them. Potholes pave most main roads in Salt Lake – including Broadway, which connects the township with EM Bypass; First Avenue, which links Ultadanga station to […]