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Continuing its focus on improving traffic and public transport in the city, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) proposes to undertake new road projects on Ganeshkhind road and river bridges.
The Ganeshkhind road has been facing traffic problems due to ongoing work of elevated Metro rail along with a flyover. The Pune civic body had demolished two flyovers on Ganeshkhind road. Now, the PMRDA is constructing a double-decker bridge with the top deck for elevated Metro route and lower deck as a flyover for vehicular traffic. The ongoing work is expected to be completed in the next few months after which the PMC plans to start work on grade separators.
“The PMC has undertaken the development of 33 missing links in the city that would help in creating inner ring roads and alternate routes for flow of vehicular traffic that would improve traffic movement. The development of 30 missing links has already been undertaken while land acquisition for three missing links has been started,” said municipal commissioner Rajendra Bhosale as he tabled the civic budget for 2025-26.
The second phase of making the 33 roads obstruction free for traffic flow will be done in the next financial year, he said, adding, “Work on 15 roads were completed this year and remaining would be done in the next financial year which would ensure smooth flow of traffic on main roads while ensuring safety of pedestrians through proper footpaths that are free of encroachments.”
Work on the School Travel Improvement Plan will be given a push that will ensure safe travel for students to schools. The pilot has been done in three zones for nine schools and in the next five years, 20 zones will be developed under the plan, he added. The civic administration have undertaken development of speed breakers in the city as per the set norms.
Public bus services will be improved by addition of 600 new buses while two bus depots will be developed at Sutarwadi-Pashan and Bhakti-Shakti.
