Make upcoming expressway signal-free in Faridabad: NHAI told

Bijendra Ahlawat

Tribune News Service

Faridabad, October 3

With the beginning of the construction of the 12-lane Delhi-Mumbai Expressway project in the district, the Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP) has asked NHAI officials to make the passage through the city as signal-free to ensure that various crossings do not pose a hurdle to the movement of traffic. The HSVP is working as the nodal agency for providing right of way (ROW) to the NHAI for the expressway. The total length of the expressway in Faridabad and Palwal districts is 59 kilometres.

“We have recommended that all crossing points on the existing Bypass road be made signal-free by resorting to viaduct technique so that the traffic moving both on the expressway and roads crossing it do not come to a halt,” says Ajit Singh, Executive Engineer, HSVP, here. He said while several meetings had taken place with the NHAI, the issue regarding the signal-free proposal was taken up at a meeting recently. The passage in the city is around 14-km long. He further said as the flyovers at some of the congested points had already been approved, the provision of viaduct systems was important to make the movement of the traffic signal-free. The absence of such a facility had already resulted in traffic chaos and jams at many points on the National Highway number 19 passing through the city, it is claimed.

Suggestion to adopt viaduct technique

We have recommended that all crossing points on the existing Bypass road be made signal-free by resorting to viaduct technique so that the traffic moving both on the expressway and roads crossing it do not come to a halt. — Ajit Singh, Executive Engineer, HSVP

Existing Bypass road being converted

The existing Bypass road running parallel to the National Highway number 19 is being converted into a 12-lane expressway.

The existing Bypass road running parallel to the National Highway number 19 is being converted into a 12-lane expressway. Starting from Ring Road-DND junction in New Delhi, it will pass through the Kalindi and Faridabad-Ballabgarh bypass to culminate at the interchange of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway near Mindkola village in Palwal. The foundation of the Rs 3,580 crore project was laid on March 1, 2019. Claiming that the provision of the flyovers had also been made in view of the large-scale encroachments or existing structures.

The HSVP has also submitted a 42-crore project related to the shifting of sewage, storm water and drinking water lines for providing the ROW for the expressway.