Link road to bypass south choke-point [Kolkata ]
July 28th, 2010Link road to bypass south choke-point [Kolkata ]
0 Comments | Times of India, The, Jul 26, 2010
Kolkata: How about bypassing a section of the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass? And bypassing a connector too?
That’s the way ahead for those who take the Santoshpur connector, linking Raja SC Mullick Road and EM Bypass. By December, commuters along this route will be able to avoid the zig-zag road beyond Jora-bridge in Santoshpur while travelling to EM Bypass and emerge a kilometre and a half ahead near Purbalok, bang opposite the Metro Cash & Carry warehouse.
Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) is currently building a 40-metre bridge across the Guniagachha canal and the existing road from the Bypass to Jora Bridge along New Horizon School and Santoshpur stadium is being widened and strengthened to carry more traffic.
The road to Santoshpur from the Bypass now meanders through a long stretch, making it an extremely long and tiring to reach Santoshpur and subsequently Jadavpur. The bottleneck at Ajoynagar makes it even worse. Every day, this part of Kolkata sees traffic jams which gets worse in the morning and evening peak hours. With thousands of vehicles burning up fuel in bumper-to-bumper jams, there is a spurt in pollution, too
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