By August 2014, the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) aims to complete four of its Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) projects in phases.
It may be recalled that the civic body is developing four BRTS corridors, one along the Pune-Mumbai highway, the second on Aundh-Ravet, the third on Wakad-Nashik Phata and the fourth on Kalewadi Phata-Dehu Alandi road.
Owing to delays in land acquisition, there has been no road widening except for the 12-km highway stretch between Nigdi and Dapodi.
Over five years ago, the highway authority completed the widening of the highway stretch to 61 m. However, the municipal corporation has not been able to implement the BRTS project.
According to the information given by the civic body,
entire project, except for one corridor, may be completed this year.
In 2006, the corporation began work on widening four major roads in the civic limits to increase connectivity and improve public transport to more than 10 lakh people.
Civic officials admitted that road-widening works have been delayed due to land acquisition and that they are hoping to meet the deadlines for completing the BRTS projects.
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