Surat - Roads | Bridges | Flyovers

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-૨૯ કરોડ રૂપિયા સિંચાઈ વિભાગ પાળા માટે ખર્ચશે
-૧૨ કરોડ રૂપિયા પાલિકા રોડ બનાવવા માટે ખર્ચશે
-પ૦૦ મીટર અંતર કાપીને ભરીમાતાથી ચોકબજાર પહોંચી જવાશે
-૮૪ હજાર વાહનો (સરેરાશ)ને રોજ ફાયદો થશે

પાલિકાની મુખ્ય કચેરી પાસેના મુગલીસરા રોડ ઉપર થતાં રોિંજદા ટ્રાફિકજામમાંથી હવે છૂટકારો મળી શકશે. કેમકે પાલિકાએ ભરીમાતાથી લઈને છેક નહેરુબ્રીજ સુધીના પાળા પર છ મીટર પહોળો રોડ બનાવવાની તૈયારીઓ શરૂ કરી દીધી છે. આ રસ્તો બનતા ચોકબજારથી લઈને કતારગામ દરવાજા સુધીનો ટ્રાફિક હવે ડાયવર્ટ થઈ શકશે. માર્ગ નિર્માણના ખર્ચને પહોંચી વળવા મનપાએ સિંચાઈ વિભાગ સાથે હાથ મીલાવ્યા છે. સિંચાઈ વિભાગે ભરીમાતાથી પાતાળી હનુમાન ઓવારા અને ઘંટા ઓવારા થઈને નહેરુબ્રિજ સુધીના કાંઠા ઉપર પાળો બનાવવાનું કામ શરૂ કરી દીધું. જ્યારે પાલિકાએ આ પાળા ઉપર રોડ બનાવવા માટેની તજવીજ હાથ ધરી છે. જે માટે સ્થાયીએ સૈદ્ધાંતિક નિર્ણય કરી લીધો છે. એટલું જ નહીં આગામી વર્ષના ડ્રાફ્ટ બજેટમાં નાણાકીય જોગવાઈ પણ કરી દેવાઈ છે. ઉપરાંત પાલિકાએ હાલ હોટલ ગેટવેથી અઠવાગેટ અને ત્યાંથી મક્કાઈપુલ સુધી નદી કિનારે વોક-વે બનાવવાનું કામ હાથ કામ પર લીધું જ છે, હવે તેને ભરીમાતાથી નહેરુબ્રિજ સુધીના વિસ્તારમાં આગળ વધારવા માટેની તૈયારી કરી છે. બલકે, તેનાથી એક ડગલું આગળ નદી કિનારે વોક-વે નહીં પણ વાહનવ્યવહાર માટે ઉપયોગી થાય તેવો રોડ બનાવવા માટેનું પ્લાનિંગ કર્યું છે.

કતારગામ દરવાજા પાસેથી નવા રોડનો વિકલ્પ મળશે
કતારગામ-વેડ વિસ્તારમાંથી અડાજણ, નાનપુરા, અઠવાલાઈન્સ જવા માટે મુગલીસરા રોડ એક માત્ર વિકલ્પ છે. રાંદેર જવા માટે વિયર-કમ-કોઝવેનો અન્ય વિકલ્પ છે. એટલે, રોજ મુગલીસરા રોડ ઉપર કાયમી ચક્કાજામની સ્થિતિ રહે છે. ચોમાસામાં તો વિયર બંધ હોવાથીસવારે અને સાંજે પીક અવર્સમાં મુગલીસરા રોડ ઉપર કલાકો સુધી ચક્કાજામની હાલત રહે છે. ખુદ મેયર અને કમિશનરની કાર પણ નીકળી શકે તેવી સ્થિતિનો સામનો કરવો પડે છે.

રિવરસાઈડ રોડથી અંતર ઘટશે
કતારગામ દરવાજાથી હોડીબંગલા અને મુગલીસરા થઈને ચોકબજાર સુધી આવવું હોય તો ચક્કાજામ ઉપરાંત લાંબો ચકરાવો પણ લેવો પડે છે. કેમકે, હાલ કતારગામ દરવાજાથી ચોકબજાર સુધીનું અંતર અઢી કિલોમીટર છે. રિવરસાઈડ રોડથી અંતર માત્ર દોઢ કિલોમીટર થઈ જશે. કતારગામ દરવાજાથી ભરીમાતા સુધી એક કિલોમીટર અને ત્યાંથી પાળા ઉપર માત્ર પ૦૦મીટરનો રોડ પસાર કરવો પડશે.

લોકોને મોટી રાહત થશે
મુગલીસરા રોડ ઉપર ટ્રાફિકનો પ્રશ્ન ખૂબ જ જટિલ છે. વિયર કમ કોઝવે એક વિકલ્પ છે. તે પણ પુરતો નથી. એટલે, રિવરસાઈડ રોડ બનવાથી લોકોને મોટી રાહત થશે. આ રોડ સિંચાઈ વિભાગ સાથે સંકલન કરીને બનાવાશે. - ’ભીમજી પટેલ, અધ્યક્ષ, સ્થાયી સમિતિ

પાળા ઉપર પાલિકા ૨૧ ફૂટનો રોડ બનાવશે
ભરીમાતાથી નહેરુબ્રિજ સુધી પાળો બનાવવાની તૈયારી સિંચાઈ વિભાગે કરી છે. તાપી કિનારે ૧૬ મીટરના આર.એલ (રિવર લેવલ) ઉપર પ૦૦ મીટર લાંબા આ પાળાને બનાવવા માટે ૨૯.૪૭ કરોડનો ખર્ચ થાય તેવો અંદાજ કાઢ્યો છે. તેની ઉપર છ મીટર પહોળો રોડ બનાવાય તો વધુ ૧૨.૪૭ કરોડનો ખર્ચ કરવો પડે તેમ છે. એટલે, પાળાનો ખર્ચ સિંચાઈ વિભાગ કરે અને તેની ઉપરના રોડ માટે ૧૨.૪૭ કરોડનો ખર્ચ પાલિકા ભોગવશે.

પીકઅવર્સમાં ૮૪ હજાર વાહનોની અવરજવર
સેન્ટ્રલ રોડ રિસર્ચ ઇન્સ્ટિ*ટયૂટપાસે પાલિકાએ જ કરાવેલા સરવેમાં નોંધાયેલી હકીકતો દર્શાવે છે કે, મુગલીસરા રોડ ઉપર પીકઅવર્સમાં દર કલાકે ૨૧ હજાર જેટલાં વાહનોની અવરજવર રહે છે. એટલે, સરેરાશ ૮૪ હજાર વાહનો પસાર થાય છે. આ રિવરસાઈડ રોડ બનવાથી કમસેકમ આ વાહનો ઉપરાંત અન્ય સમય દરમિયાન પસાર થનારા વાહનો મળી સરેરાશ એકલાખ વાહનોને ફાયદો થશે.

Source :- http://www.divyabhaskar.co.in/articl...m-2864358.html

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SURAT: Gujarat's urban development minister Nitin Patel said that outer ring road will become a reality in the diamond city soon. While inaugurating a flyover on BRTS route of Udhna at Kharwarnagar on Thursday, he promised special benefit for those land owners who whose land will be acquired for the 56 km long outer ring road to be built around the city. tnn

He suggested that the flyover be named as Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya flyover.

Patel also laid the foundation stone for an EWS project at Adajan, a primary school at Mota Varacha and two Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) projects- a water distribution network and a solid waste transfer station.

Patel said, "Surat outer ring road will be a reality sooner than expected. This is because we have received minimum number of objections. The approval for the construction will come in a very short time."

Source :- http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...w/11917111.cms

[AjayGJ21]

there are some good news. Ground leveling work for ROB joining Udhna to Dindoli has started. RoB for BRTS just behind Raghukul market on Canal corridor is nearing completion.

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Originally Posted by AjayGJ21

there are some good news. Ground leveling work for ROB joining Udhna to Dindoli has started. RoB for BRTS just behind Raghukul market on Canal corridor is nearing completion.

And another good news is that Utran-Kapodra river bridge is about to complete n will be inaugrated within 2months.....so many bridges in city operational in coming few months.......

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SURAT: The 135-year-old Hope Bridge, a precious heritage property of the city, has been half dismantled within 15 days of Supreme Court (SC) refusing to intervene in the matter. At least eight of the 16 piers of the bridge have already been demolished as part of the Rs 2.31 crore contract awarded by Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC). A pier weighs about 1,600 tonne. The money will be deposited by SMC with state government's treasury as the bridge happens to be a government property.

City engineer Jatin Shah told TOI, "Half of the bridge along with its foundation work two feet below the riverbed is already gone. The remaining part will be dismantled in another 25 days."

Some people believed that iron ore was filled in the foundation to give it stability. "We only found gravel and lime at the base foundation," Shah said.

Dr Atul Desai, former head of applied mechanics department, SVNIT who did a study on the bridge, said, "The dismantling of the bridge would benefit in multiple ways. It will reduce erosion along the river banks as there be less fluid velocity. During earthquake there will be no two structures oscillating at different frequencies which help reduce the afflux in the river."

Shah said, "We plan to construct a new bridge for the people of Rander. In a month's time, the estimate will be ready and submitted for approval."

Source :- http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...w/12073872.cms

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http://www.divyabhaskar.co.in/articl...e-2949329.html

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SURAT: The demolition of 135-year-old Hope Bridge is almost complete. Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) plans to build a new one at its place at a cost of Rs 52.67 crore. "The proposed new bridge will be 1.021 km long and 12 metre wide. It will have a carriage way of 7.5 metres for vehicular traffic," said Jatin Shah, city engineer of SMC. SMC plans to have colorful fountains near the bridge. There would also be lightings on it. "Once ready it will be a structure of must see for people. We want people to remember that a bridge named Hope Bridge stood here for 135 years. And that this new bridge is a tribute to it and to our city's heritage," an official from SMC's bridge cell said. There is another bridge next to Hope Bridge. It is Nehru Bridge, a direct link with the city for the people living in Adajan-Rander area. There is always heavy traffic on this bridge. There is a need to widen this bridge but SMC has refrained from doing it. However, the civic body will be widening the existing road going towards Adajan.

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Originally Posted by AjayGJ21

SURAT: The demolition of 135-year-old Hope Bridge is almost complete. Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) plans to build a new one at its place at a cost of Rs 52.67 crore. "The proposed new bridge will be 1.021 km long and 12 metre wide. It will have a carriage way of 7.5 metres for vehicular traffic," said Jatin Shah, city engineer of SMC. SMC plans to have colorful fountains near the bridge. There would also be lightings on it. "Once ready it will be a structure of must see for people. We want people to remember that a bridge named Hope Bridge stood here for 135 years. And that this new bridge is a tribute to it and to our city's heritage," an official from SMC's bridge cell said. There is another bridge next to Hope Bridge. It is Nehru Bridge, a direct link with the city for the people living in Adajan-Rander area. There is always heavy traffic on this bridge. There is a need to widen this bridge but SMC has refrained from doing it. However, the civic body will be widening the existing road going towards Adajan.

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SURAT: In a move to appease heritage lovers and denizens in the diamond city, who fought a lost battle against Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) in Gujarat High Court and Supreme Court for preservation of the 135-year-old Hope Bridge across river Tapi, the civic body's bridge department has come up with a unique design for the proposed new bridge at the site. It would resemble Hope Bridge structure.

Engineers of the bridge department headed by city engineer Jatin Shah burnt midnight oil to make a unique bridge design replicating the Hope bridge structure.

The proposed new bridge at the existing site of Hope bridge, to be constructed at a cost of Rs 53 crore, will be 1.021 km long and 12 metre wide, connecting Chowk Bazaar with Rander and Adajan on the other side of the river. The new bridge - planned along the existing Nehru Bridge--will have a 7.5 metre wide main carriage way for vehicular movement. Along with that, the bridge department has planned a 3.5 metre wide walk-way replicating the design of Hope Bridge.

Also, the bridge department plans to have colorful water jet fountains with lightings on the bridge to give a different feeling to the residents passing from the bridge at night.

"Dismantling the dilapidated Hope Bridge was a compulsion, but the new bridge design will keep the old memories alive," said Jatin Shah.

Official sources said the 3.5 metre wide walk-way design is a replica of Hope Bridge. The walk-way will have cross-section triangular iron girders - the Hope Bridge had the same design - to give a feeling of Hope Bridge to the people.

The dismantling of Hope Bridge is 80 per cent complete. Once the structure is dismantled, the civic body will start the process of inviting tenders for the new bridge.


Source :- http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...w/12348641.cms

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Outer Ring Road: (Ring)ing in growth

SURAT: With the state government approving Surat Urban Development Authority ( SUDA) for the construction of Outer Ring Road, the landscape and design of the city is bound to change in coming five years.

This infrastructure development will see new roads of 29 km being developed within two years and this is expected to spur nearly 58 sq km (0.5 km on both the sides of the road) into a high residential zone development. This is expected to have a huge impact on the already upbeat realty market.

If handled properly, it could lead to large-scale affordable housing projects and lead to mega growth.

"The city's look will be different in coming five years because the planned development will take place and people will have easy accessibility from one place to other," said Manoj Das, municipal commissioner.

"The market economy will work but affordable housing dream will be a reality in the city as more supply will lead to the reduction in the prices of land and houses," he said.

Today, for middle-class or lower middle-class families it is almost impossible to buy a house as the rates are not less then Rs 3,000 to Rs 3,500 Rs per sq feet in majority of the areas.

With this new chunk of land available, a little far from the city but well-connected, affordable houses are a real possibility as rates would range between Rs 1,200 to Rs 2,000 per sq feet.

Leaving out a few already high-growth areas like Bharthana and Vesu, land is available at reasonable rates in other places like Neoal, Kosmada, Varacha packet villages and even villages before Olpad at Rs 10,000 per sq meter.

"It will prove to be a boon for the middle-class as large chunks of land of about 45,000 lakh sq meters will be available for development," said Naresh Agarwal, a builder.

Bharat Shah of Sargam Group said, "People's dream of affordable housing will be realized if the government marks this land for affordable housing development, gives it at a fixed rate to a developer and asks him to sell at a fixed reasonable rate." He added, "This road will not only widen the periphery but also bring about a much needed horizontal development of the city."

But, Velji Shota, president of Surat Builders association has a little different view. He said, "There are no chances of rates coming down in this city. Yes, we will benefit by the ring road but this will not bring down the realty rates because when development takes place, rates get hiked automatically."

Naresh Shah of Enn Enn Corporation said, "The problem that we face here is that of lack of easy accessibility. Unlike Ahmadabad, where along with the Ring Road, inner approaches were open city has no approach roads."

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...w/12448926.cms

[AjayGJ21]

I hope the construction of Outer Ring road should be start as soon as possible.
Btw, bellow is the image and I've tried to chalk out the proposed route of the ORR. It's not absolutely true but tentative as per the plans.
The major advantage would be to the middle/bellow middle class, as land for affordable housing would be available at normal rate and city outskirt will get ease of access to the centre of city. Such ring roads proved to be successful in Ahmedabad, Hydrabad and Banglore city. Now Surat would be joining this project.

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SURAT: A few BJP councillors in Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) have opposed the proposal of urban planners to demolish houses in at least 20 residential societies falling under the development work for the upcoming BRTS corridor at Dumbhal. They have asked urban planners to find out an amicable solution to protect the rights of over 1,500 people residing in these societies.

Sources said the building plans of the residential societies and commercial establishments in Dumbhal were approved some 20 years ago. Now, the urban planners have proposed demolition of residential societies and shops to pave way for developing the BRTS corridor.

BJP councillor P V S Sharma raised the issue during the zero hour of the general body meeting of SMC on Friday.

Sharma, who was backed by few other BJP councillors, said about 1,500 residents would loose their shelter as at least 20 residential societies would be demolished under the BRTS corridor project at Dumbhal. The residents are from the middle-income groups and it would be difficult for them to relocate to other areas.

"Urban planners need to work out a strategy to protect the interest of residents living in the area for the past 20 years. The BRTS project should be completed without demolishing the residential societies," said Sharma.

Sources said, SMC has decided to speed up the infrastructure work for BRTS by combining the phase-II and Phase-III of the project, which is estimated to be worth Rs 300 crore.

Nineteen new routes will be developed under the BRTS corridor. A 60-metre wide and 1,252-metre long 2X3 lane flyover is to come up at Surat-Kamrej Road at Savji Korat Bridge junction at a cost of Rs 80 crore. A 2X2 lane flyover, which would be 45 metre wide and 710 metre long, has also been proposed to be built at Vishwakarma junction at Puna Gam at an estimated cost of Rs 32.65 crore.

At present, development work of two routes is taking place under phase-I. One route from Udhna Darwaja to Unn is likely to begin by May 2012.

SMC had made a provision of Rs 500 crore in 2012-13 Budget for the project. The first installment of Rs 700 crore from Rs 2,100 crore grant under chief minister's Sadbhavana mission is also expected this year.

Source :- http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...w/12484465.cms

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SURAT: If heavy vehicular traffic between Athwa Gate to Ring Road drives you crazy, be prepared for the worst.

Going by Regional Transport Office (RTO) estimates, the city will have 30 lakh vehicles - both four-wheelers and two-wheelers by 2015, compared to 19.50 lakh at present, turning the diamond city into a commuter's nightmare. This means that if 1,011 vehicles are plying on every one km stretch, as many as 1,578 will choke every km of road in the next three years if the width and length of the roads remains the same. The number of private vehicles in the city, including cars and motorcycles has reached 17 lakh, of which 25 per cent are cars and 80 per cent motorcycles. The annual growth of private vehicle ownership is about 15-20 per cent, while there is no planned development for expanding the road network by the municipal corporation.

As per RTO's official statistics, about 2 lakh new vehicles were registered in the year starting from April 1, 2011 to March 31, 2012, registering a 15 per cent growth compared to the previous year. Out of 1.70 lakh vehicles, about 1.44 lakh motorcycles and about 35,000 cars were registered by the department. "Compared to other cities in Gujarat, Surat has the highest vehicle growth. The vehicles are increasing by 15 to 20 per cent every year. However, we expect the vehicle growth to cross 30 lakh numbers by 2015," said KA Patel, in- charge regional transport officer (RTO).

According to Patel, given the phenomenal growth of vehicles the city will have less space for commuters by 2015. The city administration faces an uphill task of solving traffic congestion. Switching over to public transports like Bus Rapid Transport System (BRTS) increasing the red-line buses seem to be the only solution to ease the traffic congestion.

City engineer Jatin Shah said, "We have implemented Comprehensive Mobility Plan (CMP) for the city keeping in mind the traffic congestion and other issues for 2020. We have been identifying congested roads and accordingly planning the construction of flyovers, khadi bridges and bridges on river."

[AjayGJ21]

There are some good news coming out. The construction of Sosyo circle Flyover has started. If I m not wrong, Vijay Mistry & co. has started pile foundation work.
You should have look at Sosyo circle.
Now, we hope the Bhatar circle Flyover construction should start soon.
And one more Flyover(Actualy truely needed) is needed at Anuvrat Dwar at Ne citylight. Why is it forgotten!!!

[udit11]

Vadodara-Mumbai Expressway hits roadblock

SURAT: The much-awaited expressway work between Vadodara and Mumbai hit a roadblock before it could take off in Surat district on April 18 after large number of farmers, who own the land from Palsana and Bardoli taluka, objected to the land measurement survey work carried out by National Highway Authority of India (NHAI).

The officials had to stop the survey work as they were forced to retreat by farm land owners who are going to lose land in the project, allegedly threatened them and submitted a memorandum.

The affected farmers claimed that they were objecting to the survey and measuring of land without any notices.

They gathered at the gram panchayat office of Puni villge of Palsana taluka and said that when they have submitted written objections they should have been heard.

The notification of eight-lane express highway between Vadodara and Mumbai covering the distance of 379 km to be built at the cost of Rs 17,000 crore was published by NHAI on January 28. The proposed expressway is to be completed in four years and runs parallel to the National Highway 8.

Government has to acquire more than 6000 hectares of land for the project.

Number of farmers supported by Gujarat Farmers Sangh gave elaborate written objections to the project. In their charter of demands and objections, farmers have said that this project is absolutely unnecessary as NH8 is fully operational. They have also asked for proper evaluation of the land price for the benefit of farmers who will lose their land.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...w/12739765.cms

[udit11]

Cable-stayed bridge to be completed by June 2013

SURAT: Diamond city is all set to dazzle with state's first cable-stayed bridge which is likely to be completed by June 2013. With more than 50 per cent of the bridge's construction work completed, civic body hopes to throw open it for public use well on time.

The one kilometre long two-pillar flood-proof bridge would connect city's Athwalines and Pal (Rander- Adajan) areas and save at least 15-minute travel time of commuters. Presently, there is no bridge between ONGC-Madgalla Bridge and Sardar Bridge and there is heavy traffic in the area.

Therefore, the new bridge will go a long way in addressing the traffic issues.

The 990-metre bridge will incur a cost of Rs 143 crore and will have a cable-stayed section of 300 metres in the middle. The work on the bridge was delayed by 14 months due to technical issues, but now the work is on track again.

"We intend to build the bridge within the stipulated time of 30 months. The land acquisition process regarding the piece of land measuring 7,000 square metre in Adajan is complete and about 50 per cent of the bridge's work is complete on both the sides of the river," a senior officer said.

Sources said the bridge's span on both the sides - Athwalines and Adajan - has started taking shape.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...w/12914617.cms

[AjayGJ21]

image of Sachin railway Overbridge on NH6.

[NitinPatel]

Surat likely to have Gujarat’s first escalator foot over bridge

If everything goes as per the plan, the city of Surat will have Gujarat’s first escalator foot over bridge for public use.

As per the proposal prepared by the SMC, two escalators will come up over Gaurav path and Ring road near Krushi Mangal hall.

Earlier SMC opened two foot over bridges but due to non-function of lift, many times people avoided using it.

The SMC is now planning to give the project of two new foot over bridges to private agency on DBOT(design, built, operate and transfer) basis. Chitra publicity has offered highest bid for this project. The final decision will be made on Saturday.

[vitan]

This is a projected alignment of SUDA OUTER RING ROAD.dis alignment was proposed by the CEPT Uni.
N 2nd image is i got from the SUDA DEVELOPMENT PLAN where fully detailed image of PROPOSED OUTER RING ROAD

[shivanand.]

Originally Posted by vitan

This is a projected alignment of SUDA OUTER RING ROAD.dis alignment was proposed by the CEPT Uni.
N 2nd image is i got from the SUDA DEVELOPMENT PLAN where fully detailed image of PROPOSED OUTER RING ROAD

good work man...keep it up,,