PMC to appoint private consultant to prepare inner ring road DPR

The proposal states that the internal ring road is very necessary to resolve traffic problems in the city. It starts at Khadki Bazaar Road in the north of the city and ends at the Alandi Road-Shivaji Maharaj Road junction. The PMC has placed the proposal in its priority list, which would include connecting at least 60 arterial and main roads with the HCMTR ring road.

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The HCMTR will pass through Khadki, Aundh, Shivajinagar, Erandwane, Kothrud, Karve Nagar, Dattawadi, Parvati, Bibvewadi, Wanawadi, Salisbury Park, Hadapsar, Mundhwa, Kalyani Nagar, Yerawada and Kalas. The ring road shall help de-congest roads in the city as heavy vehicles can travel via the ring road to bypass Pune instead of entering the city. The civic body has appointed a committee of engineers to speed up the execution.

The consultant would provide the estimated construction costs, operation and maintenance costs, traffic forecast, etc. as part of its preliminary financial analysis and appraisal of the project. It would also provide a preliminary assessment of the financial viability of the project with a view to estimating the delay in implementing it over a concession period of 15 years, 20 years and 25 years respectively.

The report would include onfield survey of all vehicles along the roads from where HCMTR would pass and also the actual count of pedestrians so that effective provisions could be done in the project. The environment impact assessment would also be undertaken to study the possible impact on environment along with suggestions to keep the impact at the minimum level.