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Pune’s infra plans: 5 new cement concrete roads, one flyover
PUNE The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) proposes to develop five new cement concrete roads and one flyover in the city under the public private partnership (PPP) system
PUNE The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) proposes to develop five new cement concrete roads and one flyover in the city under the public private partnership (PPP) system.
The roads are located in Baner and Lohegaon, while the flyover is in Bibwewadi.
The proposal, present in the standing committee’s budget plan, forecasts the cost of the project to be ₹500 crore.
Amar Shinde, executive engineer of the road department, said, “We have decided to appoint a consultant who will give us a clear idea of the cost and other technical details. At present, we are working on five roads and one flyover.”
He added, “One new road is located in Lohegaon and the other four are in Baner. The width of the roads varies from 14mts to 65mts. The flyover proposed in the Bibwewadi area will pass through Gangadham chowk. It is around one kilometre in length and will solve the traffic problem at Gangadham chowk.”
Overall, as per Shinde, the road department has planned eight roads in its development plan (DP). The estimated cost of the eight roads is ₹123 crore. “We have also included one riverside road which connects Bund Garden road to the Mundhwa bridge. The road department has calculated the estimated cost of this bridge to be ₹27 crore,” he added.
Under the PPP model, instead of PMC, private players such as contractor/builder/developer will spend the money and the PMC will issue credit notes which the private players can use for future construction activities, such as payment of development charges, among others.
