Extension of Airport road to be completed by 2021
Tribune News Service
Mohali, October 20
Construction of an 8.8-km eight-lane road worth Rs121 crore will be completed by 2021. This was stated by Sarvjit Singh, Principal Secretary, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Punjab, while laying the foundation stone of the project. He laid the stone on behalf of Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria, Housing and Urban Development Minster, as the latter could not make it to the venue due to the ongoing Assembly session.
The extension of Airport road will start from the road dividing Sector 120/125 (NH-5), Sunny Enclave, and will connect the PR-4 road at New Chandigarh. The construction of the 8.8-km road stretch includes provision for a road culvert, a high-level bridge, stormwater drainage and installation of street lights.
The construction of this portion of the PR-7 road will provide direct connectivity to New Chandigarh town from the Chandigarh international airport. It will ease traffic congestion in Chandigarh as travellers bound to New Chandigarh will take a direct route from the airport and need not to enter the UT.
