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BANGALORE: Thousands of motorists and bikers using the Peripheral Ring Road (PRR) owned by Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises (NICE) have a reason to cheer . The 41-km stretch of the expressway connecting Hosur Road , Bannerghatta Road , Kanakapura Road , Mysore Road , Magadi Road and Tumkur Road will be concretized in a year . About 70,000 passenger carrying units (PCUs) ply on the expressway daily .
NICE spokesperson Manjunath Nayaker said the idea is to provide commuters with a better riding experience and ensure the road lasts for long .
“We are using the Concrete Rigid Pavement method where the concrete pavement is laid in bonding with the existing asphalted pavement . It is done by milling (removing ) the top surfaceof the asphalted pavement . These roads are beneficial to users as they reduce operational costs and fuel consumption ,” he explained .
Manjunath said as part of a pilot project , select stretches , including a 4-km stretch of PRR between the clover-leaf interchange at Sompura towards MysoreRoad ,have already been concretized . The same method has been employed to concretize the 9.1-km Link Road connecting Outer Ring Road near PES College with the NICE Corridor at Sompura ,” he added .
Engineers with LR Kadiyali and Associates , in-charge of the concretization , said the method promises a durable road that lasts up to 60 years .
The advantages
Concrete surface will improve users’ safety since there won’t be potholes Will improve visibility To cut down operational expenditure, including cost of vehicle maintenance Cooler concrete surface will reduce heat-island effect in urban areas Using existing asphalted road as the base leads to less generation of debris that would have ended up in landfills.
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After contemplating the idea of having an elevated road between Bandra and Dahisar, the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) now plans to build an elevated rail and road link between Thane and Kalyan.
Speaking todna, SM Ramchandani, the joint managing director of MSRDC, said, “There is a plan to have an elevated road along National Highway 3, that is the Thane-Bhiwandi Bypass Road, for which we have floated bids for consultancy services.”
The consultant is likely to be appointed by the end of this month, who in turn will carry out a feasibility study including a ground survey, cost estimation, financial model, among other things.
In fact, even the Indian Railways has expressed interest in being part of the project by stating that the elevated road corridor can also accommodate a railway line.
The planned elevated link will be around 22-25km long, with entry and exit ramps in between.
The purpose of the project would be to decongest the increasing traffic due to rising population in the far-flung areas of Mumbai.
The state has been focusing on creating new Central Business Districts in the Mumbai metropolitan region, keeping the larger picture of decongestion of Mumbai in mind. However, due to the large cost associated with this elevated rail and road project, it is unlikely that it will be constructed in the near future.
Another official said that the plan is currently in the nascent stage and it should not be considered that the project will take off in the next couple of years.
Source-http://www.dnaindia.com
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OUR BUREAU| Amiti Sen
Integrated manufacturing cluster proposed in each of the 7 States
NEW DELHI.
The proposed Amritsar-Delhi-Kolkata Industrial Corridor (ADKIC), that seeks to promote industrialisation and job creation in 20 cities spanning seven States, will require an estimated Central funding of Rs 5,749 crore for building an Integrated Manufacturing Cluster in each State it passes through.
The Inter Ministerial Group (IMG), set up by the Prime Minister to do the preparatory work for the project, has suggested in its report that the Centre’s support for the project would be disbursed over 15 years and used for a variety of purposes.
This would include interest subvention (subsidy), share in equity, development of trunk infrastructure and initial project development grant to ADKIC Development Corporation, a release given out by the Prime Minister’s Office on Wednesday said.
Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, Pulok Chatterji, will hold a meeting with IMG members and other relevant ministries on Friday, the release added. The IMG includes secretaries from the Ministries and Departments of Finance, Industrial Policy and Promotion, Urban Development, Shipping, Road Transport and Highways and Chairman of the Railway Board,
As per the IMG’s recommendations, the ADKIC will be aligned to the Eastern Development Freight Corridor and will span 20 cities in Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal. It proposes to leverage the existing Highway system on this route and the Inland Water System being developed.
MONITORING BODY
The IMG has suggested setting up an Apex Monitoring Authority, under the Commerce and Industry, for overall guidance, planning and approvals, setting up of timelines for implementation and monitoring.
The development of ADKIC will be taken up in a band of 150-200 km on either side of EDFC in a phased manner.
In the first phase, every State could promote at least one Integrated Manufacturing Cluster of about 10 sq km, in which 40 per cent area would be earmarked permanently for manufacturing and processing activities.
ADKIC will use both the Public Private Partnership (PPP) approach and non-PPP approach.
Source-http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/
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INDORE: The Indore Development Authority (IDA) is all set to go for high rise building in the Super Corridor area. IDA shortlisted five consultants, out of 32 which had submitted their proposals here on Saturday. These consultants have been given a month’s duration for submission of their report. Total amount to be invested by IDA for the project is Rs 90 crore.Talking to ToI, CEO of IDA, Deepak Singh, said, “The stage one of the competition for getting the best design and architecture for the proposed high rise, was held here on Saturday. There is a two-member jury from Bhopal comprising Sanjeev Singh, a professor at School of Planning and Architecture, and Sandhya Vyas of Environment Planning and Coordination Organisation (EPCO). It will finally select a single firm to go ahead for the project after screening the report, which will be submitted before the five consultants, that have submitted their report. After that it will take one-month for the finally selected designer to prepare the blueprint of the venue.”Nearly 100 flats are likely to come up, which will be a mix of 2, 3 and 4 BHK flats on the basis of G+20 or beyond. IDA has been given permission to construct the flat on the basis of FAR-3. Going by this norm, IDA can have 1.5 lakh sq ft of built-up area in the region on the basis of 50,000 sq ft of area, where the high rise buildings will be constructed.
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The US Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has broken ground on the $1.3bn Downtown Crossing – the second half of the Ohio River Bridges project.
Scheduled to be completed in late 2016, the project involves the construction of a new bridge that widens I-65 from seven to 12 lanes over the Ohio River in downtown Louisville and the reconstruction of Kennedy Interchange where I-64, I-65, and I-71 converge.
The new bridge and its counterpart in Louisville’s East End will be the region’s first new bridges in more than 50 years.
US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said: “This new bridge, and its East End counterpart, will create jobs and provide more transportation options for one of America’s most important trade corridors.”
Federal Highway Administrator Victor Mendez said: “By reducing congestion, these bridge projects not only create jobs but will allow local residents to spend more time with friends and family.”
The Ohio River Bridges Project, a joint effort between Kentucky and Indiana, is expected to improve traffic safety and substantially lower traffic congestion between southern Indiana and Louisville, and will help around 100,000 drivers every day.
Planning for the project started in 1969, and works on the East End Crossing began in autumn last year.
The programme was approved by the federal authorities in June 2012, and was originally estimated to cost $4.1bn but later revised to $2.6bn.
The new bridge will almost double the traffic capacity of the river crossing and considerably lower the time and cost required to ship US products through the Louisville metropolitan area.
Image: The new bridge and its counterpart in Louisville’s East End will be the region’s first new bridges in nearly 50 years.
Source-http://www.roadtraffic-technology.com
