PMRDA To Overhaul Pune Roads Affected By Metro Construction With Rs 628 Crore Redevelopment Plan

The Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) will undertake a major redevelopment project to repair roads damaged during the construction of the 25-km elevated Pune metro line from Maan village to Shivajinagar, Indian Express reported.

The project, estimated at Rs 628 crore, comes amid mounting public criticism over deteriorated road conditions.

“The roads on which the metro rail work is going on from Maan to Shivajinagar have been damaged. The citizens have been complaining about it. This was discussed at the joint meeting of PMRDA and Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC). Thereafter, repair work was planned,” said a PMRDA official, as quoted by the Indian Express.

The plan includes redevelopment of four-lane roads on either side of the metro corridor, construction of parking lanes, bus bays, footpaths, cycle tracks, traffic rotaries, and traffic islands.

The project is expected to take five years to complete.

Annirudha Pawaskar, Chief Engineer at PMC, said discussions were held on redeveloping roads along the Maan-Hinjewadi to Shivajinagar metro route due to damage caused by construction.

He said the plan was to rebuild them as "ideal roads with standard norms."

Since the route crosses multiple jurisdictions, he added, PMRDA was selected to handle the entire project to ensure uniformity.

A consultant will be appointed to conduct a detailed survey, including pavement design, road structure, utility planning, and drawings.

“A consultant is being appointed for the purpose and is supposed to come up with a detailed survey, providing for design of pavement, structures, and various components of road, preparation of detailed estimates, detailed drawings, and planning for utility shifting…” a PMRDA official was quoted as saying by IE.

The survey will also involve a route alignment and utility mapping using ground-penetrating radar, with traffic forecasts for the next decade.

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