NCR Highways and Expressways updates

[IndiansUnite]

8-lane corridor planned on Delhi-Dasna stretch of NH-24

NEW DELHI: After several flip-flops on the widening of the Delhi border-Dasna stretch on NH-24, the road transport and highway ministry has finally moved the proposal to convert it into an eight-lane corridor. The ministry has proposed to fund the project and the work would be awarded in six to eight months.

The widening of the 20km corridor, which is used by over 2 lakh vehicles on a weekday, will bring relief to commuters who often get caught in long jams. The ministry moved the plan after a high-level meeting, which was presided over by minister of state Jitin Prasada, in the last week of March. "We have asked NHAI to exclude this stretch from the Meerut Expressway project, so that work can start soon. We had been receiving complaints of major traffic jams during morning and evening peak hours," Prasada told TOI.

Though the highway ministry had originally proposed to carry out the work on contract and a tender was also floated, the plan was scrapped later. NHAI had proposed to widen this portion as part of the Delhi-Meerut expressway project on build, operate and transfer (BOT-toll) mode, said a source. In that case, private developers would have financed the entire project.

"Since NHAI said the expressway project might take time, the Delhi-Dasna stretch widening will not be carried out as part of this project. We have to address the problems faced by commuters on priority, and cannot wait for the project to take off," said Prasada. The move will also be viewed favourably by commuters as they won't have to pay toll for using the state-funded road. The stretch between the Nizamuddin bridge and the Delhi border, which is also part of NH-24, has already been widened to eight lanes.

The NH-24 corridor between Delhi and Ghaziabad has several residential colonies, including Indirapuram, Vaishali, Vasundhara, Vijay Nagar, Kaushambi, Shipra Sun City and Sector-62 (Noida). People living in Ghaziabad have to travel to Delhi for work and studies. And this is the only corridor that provides connectivity between these colonies and central and south Delhi.

A 2008 study by RITES showed that NH-24 had the second highest traffic volume of all the roads providing connectivity to the capital. On an average, 1.57 lakh vehicles crossed the Nizamuddin bridge in 2007 and 80% of them were from outside Delhi.

[IndiansUnite]

New toll plaza on the Gurgaon-Faridabad highway

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[IndiansUnite]

Work on Dwarka Expressway going on at top speed

The Dwarka Expressway, also called the Northern Peripheral Expressway, that will benefit thousands of daily commuters between Dwarka in west Delhi and Gurgaon in Haryana will be ready for use by October this year.

If there is a speedometer to measure the pace of construction, work is going on at more than 100kmph, one instance of overspeeding no one is complaining about. "It will be ready by October 2012," A.K. Maggu, executive engineer of the project, said.

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There are two speed bumps in the way of the road's construction. But those are minor and won't stop traffic from flowing on the speedway at the end of the year, the developer claimed. The speed bumps are in the nature of litigation. More than 14km of the road passes through land that is free of litigation. The rest four km sit on land under litigation in bits and pieces. "Barely 26 acres are under litigation. There is a high court order to compensate the land owners with alternate plots and this is being done," an official associated with the project said.

[numb.soul]

Originally Posted by IndiansUnite

Work on Dwarka Expressway going on at top speed

how can they say it will be ready by oct when they are implementing only 2 x 2 road , that too due to the pressure of builder lobby

AFAIK , thie whole NPR , which was supposed to be 14 - 16 lane road with provisions of BRT and a mass transit is nowhere in sight , this is just a compromise

[rajesh81]

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[IndiansUnite]

Originally Posted by numb.soul

how can they say it will be ready by oct when they are implementing only 2 x 2 road , that too due to the pressure of builder lobby

AFAIK , thie whole NPR , which was supposed to be 14 - 16 lane road with provisions of BRT and a mass transit is nowhere in sight , this is just a compromise

It's not a compromise boss, it's the planned first phase of the project.

By "ready" they mean ready for use. Read the first line again.

[numb.soul]

Originally Posted by IndiansUnite

It's not a compromise boss, it's the planned first phase of the project.

By "ready" they mean ready for use. Read the first line again.

IU bro , i dont think the work on the delhi side has even started .. also no news on ROB's

[numb.soul]

GURGAON/ NEW DELHI: Over five years after the Delhi-Gurgaon expressway became operational the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has now started constructing the much-needed service road between Rajokari and RTR-Palam crossing. Once the service road is built, it is likely to reduce congestion on the main expressway.

The highway authority swung into action after the parliamentary Committee on Public Undertakings (COPU) pulled up the agency for its failure to provide a service road all along the expressway. The committee had highlighted how the missing patches of service roads has been forcing commuters, particularly the ones on two- and three-wheelers besides all slow moving vehicles, to take the main carriageway.

The committee had also sought an action taken report (ATR) on this deficiency. Though the rest of 27.7-km expressway has a service road, the service road along this 3-4km stretch could not be built due to non-availability of land. The NHAI had claimed that it had waited long enough to get the required land from the Airport Authority of India (AAI).

Now the highway authority has awarded this service road work to a private contractor and it is being undertaken as a cash contract project. "We hope the work would be completed in 4-5 months. There have been reports of traffic slowing down between Rajokari flyover and RTR crossing during peak hours since the four-lane carriageway accommodates traffic coming from six lanes," said a senior NHAI %official.

After completion of the service road, commuters heading towards Dwarka from Gurgaon side can take the new road and that would improve traffic flow on the main expressway.

However, whether the segregation of slow-moving traffic and high-speed vehicles would become a reality remains unclear. This is because the traffic police in Delhi have not been enforcing the norm of not allowing slow-moving vehicles to enter the fast lanes. It's no different in Gurgaon, though the rules prohibit this.

Recently, an expert committee of set up by NHAI had also pointed out how the authorities on both Gurgaon and Delhi sides have failed to improve the local road network along the expressway. It had found that service roads, wherever these are available, get choked with vehicles and even the tail-end spills over to the main carriageway.

[Anonemouse]

Horrible isn't it? Though the relief will be only for the dwarka traffic merging near the airport exit, and those exiting at the domestic old domestic terminal for dwarka again. All that will be left will be the bit from udyog vihar crossing over the toll gates, which we know are not getting built in any hurry.

[IndiansUnite]

A new flyover u/c on NH8 next to Gurgaon's Sec-81A

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[Abhishek901]

This is a part of 6 laning of NH-8 from Gurgaon to Jaipur.

[IndiansUnite]

The first layer (bitumen) is up on the NPR expressway

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[IndiansUnite]

2 proposals for NH 24 -

Highway Ministry/NHAI's :
Delhi-Dasna road may be elevated

NEW DELHI: After several flip flops over widening of the 20km stretch between Delhi border and Dasna on NH-24, the highways ministry wants to make it a four-lane elevated road.

The ministry is in favour of "innovative financing" of the project - giving real estate development rights to a private developer to recover the investment of around Rs 3,000 crore.

This move has raised eyebrows whether such a proposal would delay the much needed augmentation of this stretch. However, officials said the facility would come up and people won't have to pay toll to use this elevated stretch since allowing real estate development along the corridor will work as a sweetener for the developer.

Learning from Delhi-Gurgaon toll plaza where people have to wait for long, the ministry wants to make it a toll-free road.

and the Noida Authority's:

Underpasses planned by Noida Authority on NH-24

NOIDA: With the Union highways ministry's proposal to make an elevated road on NH-24 rendering the much-delayed widening of the congested NH-24 unfeasible, the Noida Authority is now mulling over creating two underpasses to decongest the stretch between Noida and Ghaziabad.

The Authority CEO Sanjeev Saran has written to NHAI seeking permission to upgrade the two defunct underpasses at Khoda and the junction of Chijarsi village and subsequently open the underpasses for traffic to ensure seamless flow of vehicles at least till a more "permanent solution is put into place."

The Authority's request is likely to be taken up by NHAI in its meeting scheduled for next week.

However, as per the larger plan to decongest the area, the Noida Authority, the Greater Noida Authority and the Ghaziabad Development Authority are working together to make the entire NH-24 signal-free by constructing seven underpasses along the national highway. The stretch between Noida and Indirapuram in Ghaziabad falls under the jurisdiction of the Noida Authority.

Of the total underpasses, the Noida Authority will construct three underpasses on a 6km stretch along the highway that will in turn open towards Khoda colony, NIB Chowk and Model Town chowki. Two of these underpasses will also have cloverleaves. The Authority has now directed all companies that have responded to the EOI to make presentations in this regard following which, a detailed project report will be prepared.

Once constructed, the underpasses will provide great relief to commuters coming from Indirapuram, Vaishali and Vasundhara towards Noida. "The stretch between Lal Kuan and UP Gate along the NH-24 has become a nightmare for commuters. Similarly, in Noida, Model Town, NIB Chowki and Shipra underpass remain clogged with traffic through the day. We wish to ensure that vehicles going to Vaishali, Indirapuram and Vasundhara do not have to use the highway and the underpasses will facilitate just that," said a senior official.

The Authority has already proposed to developing signal-free junctions between Noida and Dasna in Ghaziabad along the NH-24 and the consultant appointed for this work is currently finalizing the details.

[IndiansUnite]

Six-lane elevated road over Najafgarh drain back on track

NEW DELHI: The Public Works Department (PWD) has revived a project to construct a 16.1 km six-lane elevated corridor over the Najafgarh drain, connecting Meera Bagh to Wazirabad over the Outer Ring Road. The project, with a tentative cost of about Rs 2,000 crore, will be similar to the Barapullah elevated corridor project.

"We had proposed the project before in 2007 and even appointed consultants to conduct a feasibility study for it. The study was submitted to UTTIPEC in July 2009 but the proposal was later dropped by the agency. Now, PWD has revived the project and the detailed project plan has been sent to the Delhi Government," said a PWD official.

Currently, the distance from Outer Ring Road at Meera Bagh to Wazirabad on Outer Ring Road is approximately 24 km. The proposed corridor along Najafgarh drain between these two points is approximately 16.1 km, thereby saving a distance of over 7 km, said an official.

The proposed corridor will cross seven master plan roads, five other roads, two railway tracks and two metro corridors. Each carriageway on the proposed road will be 11 metres.

The corridor is expected to provide linkage to ring roads via radial arterial roads, other important roads and national highways because of its geographical location, said a source. The proposed road will also connect important nodes of the city — North Campus (Delhi University Campus), east Delhi (through Wazirabad Bridge) — with west Delhi.

The feasibility study of the corridor had been conducted by the same consultants who had conducted the feasibility study for the Barapullah corridor. A copy of the proposal had been sent to the traffic police, the irrigation & flood department and DIMTS for the comments in August 2009.

At the request of Delhi University, the feasibility consultants were asked to conduct an additional study to integrate Delhi University traffic with the proposed elevated corridor. But as the issue of extra fee for the additional work could not be settled, the consultants were unable to conduct the integration study and the entire project was eventually dropped.

Route map:

[numb.soul]

GURGAON: The accident-prone Hero Honda Chowk would soon get a unique building like the Gate Tower in Osaka, Japan. Roads would pass through second and third floors of this building which would unclog the congestion at peak hours.In case of the 16-storey Gate Tower, the 5th, 6th and 7th floors are occupied by an express highway — passing right through the building. While the floors in Osaka have been taken on rent by the Hanshin Expressway, in Gurgaon the building would be built by National Highways Authority of India ( NHAI).

As per the proposal made by the road transport and highways ministry, the government would allow a developer to build the tower and rent it out. "The developer will invest in the road project too and would recover the entire investment from rental," said a ministry official.Director general (roads) C Kandasamy made this presentation at a meeting on Monday, chaired by highways minister CP Joshi, his deputy Jitin Prasada and Haryana PWD minister Randeep Surjewala.

At present, there are two buildings in Jaipur — Sahkar Bhavan and World Trade Park — where roads pass beneath %the buildings."Enough clearing space would be left for straight moving vehicles on the expressway. Those heading towards Jaipur from Sector-10 side or those from Hero Honda towards Delhi can take the elevated roads which will be through different floors of the buildings," said a senior official.

The project can go to a private player who would quote minimum years of lease for these commercial spaces. Sources said the project can easily take off considering the high demand and price of commercial space at a prime location like this in the NCR. Though initially the ministry was pushing Haryana to execute the project, now it %has agreed to take undertake the work. "Haryana has promised to give 23-25 clearances for this project. The chief minister has also agreed to exempt about Rs 50 lakh which it could have raised for urban development fee," said an official who attended the meeting.

[manish1]

NHAI has finally invited bids for constructing the Eastern Peripheral Expressway -

http://www.nhai.org/Doc/11july12/NIT.pdf

[Abhishek901]

Great. I hope they complete it by 2015 if not earlier.

[Master of Disguise]

Wasn't that awarded to India Bulls???

[IndiansUnite]

^ Indiabulls is building the NPR expressway between gurgoan and dwarka.

Regarding the eastern peripheral expressway, the RFQ process is already done with and 23 companies had qualified last year. Now they'll be submitting their proposals which will be opened on August 24 (official bid due date)

[IndiansUnite]

Meanwhile, Reliance has subcontracted the Delhi-Agra 6 laning project to L&T:

June 29: L&T Construction bags projects worth Rs 3,042 crore

NEW DELHI: Engineering and infrastructure major Larsen & Toubro (L&T) today said its construction arm has bagged projects worth Rs 3,042 crore across different categories, including an order worth Rs 2,040 crore for upgrading the Delhi-Agra highway.

"The Infrastructure IC of L&T Construction has won a major order valued at Rs 2,040 crore for upgrading the Delhi-Agra Highway," the company said in a statement.

It said this will be executed on EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) mode.

The scope of work for Delhi-Agra stretch of National Highway-2 involves six laning of the existing road and construction of rail overbridges, underpasses, flyovers, major bridges and viaducts, it added.