Massive traffic project for City announced

Massive traffic project for City announced
VIJAY TIMES NEWS

Bangalore: The State budget on M onday pro vided for an ambitious Rs 350 crore, five-year project for Bangalore aimed at traffic decongestion through the use of intelligent transportation systems, modernisation of traffic police and enforcement automation.

Finance Minister B S Y ediyurappa said Rs 44 crore has been set aside for the project for the year 2006-07, and the project would be carried on till 2010-11.

The project, named as Bangalore T raffic Improvement Project or B-TRAC 2010, is said to be a first of its kind in the country and will be implemented by the traffic police in collaboration with the U rban Development Department.

I t entails adopting a multipronged approach to regulate and monitor road traffic in the city through an area traffic control system proposed at 350 intersections. It would categorise City roads in concentric zones and the City centre would be the core area, going outward up to the peripheral ring road with the core ring roads, radial corridors, intermediate ring road and outer ring road falling in between.

The City centre would restrict autorickshaw movement and have traffic control systems like one ways, dedicated bus lanes, zones for noparking on streets zones and toll roads. The core ring road would have at least 30 steel o verpasses (small flyo vers) as envisaged by the Bangalore Development Authority while intermediate ring road will have grade separators similar to those on outer ring roads.

The project aims to establish a coordinated traffic management by setting up traffic task forces, road safety and traffic action committees.

I t also involves streamlining the traffic police revenue model in which traffic funds, including those raised through fines, would be channelised for traffic management infrastructure and maintenance, besides focussing on legal and institutional reforms.

According to officials, the project will ease congestion and prevent road accidents, both by 30 per cent, even as it ensures a marked decline in air pollution.

8 350-crore traffic project, B-TRAC 2010 announced

8 Project aims at traffic decongestion

8 T o be completed by 2010-11

8 Will ease congestion and prevent accidents by 30 per cent