The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) is waiting for a go-ahead from the State infrastructure committee to start work on the proposed 170-km ring road around Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad. The Corporation’s officials said it would be a public-private partnership.
Senior MSRDC official said that the Corporation is expecting a go-ahead for the ring road proposal. The State infrastructure committee is expected to give the green signal. The official added that the Corporation on its own cannot implement the work as it has no funds. At least 50 per cent of traffic problems of Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad will be solved once the ring road is complete.
The ring road will be a high capacity mass transit route which will also reduce accidents as vehicular traffic including heavy vehicles will be diverted outside the city, the official said. Last May, MSRDC officials had made a presentation for the state government on the proposed ring road.
As per the presentation, the total cost of the project was Rs 10,408 crore including construction cost of Rs 7,560 crore and land acquisition cost of Rs 2,848 crore. The six-lane road would have two service lanes, a 7.5 km elevated road and a 12-km tunnel.
This road would connect fringes of Pune, Pimpri Chinchwad, Kesnand, Lonikand, Tulapur, Murkal, Alandi, Dehu, Kiwale, Wakad, Baner, Pashan, Chandni Chowk, Katraj, Undri, Pisoli, Holkarwadi, and Wadki which would take care of vehicles travelling towards Solapur, Ahmednagar, Nashik, and other outbound traffic. MSRDC officials in their presentation had said that the cost of the road could be recovered by allotting additional floor space index (FSI).
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