Reducing traffic congestion on UT Admn agenda

Chandigarh, January 9
Upgrade of road infrastructure and public transport and reduction in traffic congestion is high on the agenda of the UT Administration this year.

UT Adviser to Administrator KK Sharma said the administration was all set to start work on certain plans aiming at reducing congestion on the city roads as well as upgrade of road infrastructure to smooth traffic flow.

“Work would be initiated in the direction of constructing underpasses at certain points and under bridge at Hallo Majra soon to smoothen traffic flow on the roads. Besides, we also take steps to upgrade public transport system by adding about 90 new low-floor buses to the fleet of the Chandigarh Transport Undertaking (CTU),” said Sharma.

Sharma added that to bring people, who use private vehicles to public transport, new routes would be worked out apart from increase in frequency of the local buses on these routes.

When asked whether or not some of the roundabouts be removed to check the congestion on certain points, Sharma said there was no plan to remove any of the roundabouts but some of them could be contracted if needed to be.

“In fact, these roundabouts ‘calm’ the traffic flow so there is no plan of removal of any of the existing roundabout in the city,” said Sharma, adding that improving the traffic scenario as well as road infrastructure in the city would be one of the main focus of the administration this year.