66% work on Advant underpass completed

NOIDA: The Noida authority on Thursday said that it has completed 66% work on an underpass that will ease connectivity between areas located along the Noida expressway

NOIDA: The Noida authority on Thursday said that it has completed 66% work on an underpass that will ease connectivity between areas located along the Noida expressway.

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The authority had started work on this underpass on June 11, 2020 with an aim to provide smooth connectivity between sector 137/142 and sector 168, among others located along the expressway. Once operational, the underpass will benefit the residents living in dozens of newly built housing complexes, commercial areas and IT-enabled firms functional in this cluster, said officials.

“We have completed 66 % overall work on this project and the work is in full swing so that we can complete the work at earliest,” said Rajeev Tyagi chief general manager of the Noida authority.

The authority that is spending Rs43 crore on this underpass project has scheduled completion of this project on December 10, 2021.

This 434-metre length underpass is being built with ‘push back’ technology in a manner so that it does not trouble the smooth flow of traffic.

“We are using push-back construction methodology to construct this underpass so that the work is kept going on without disrupting the regular vehicular movement on the Expressway,” Tyagi.

“In this technique concrete boxes are casted and pushed through the road embankments through jacking to build beds. The advantage of this technology is that it does not disrupt the traffic above road under which an underpass is being built. And it saves a lot of time in construction,” said Tyagi.

“As of now existing small underpasses located in this area witnesses huge traffic snarls because two vehicles cannot pass through at one time. As a result we have stuck for long time particularly during peak hours in evening and morning. This underpass will address congestion issues to large extent,” said Deepika Singh, a resident of sector 135.