Little space for vehicles on CMH Road

Little space for vehicles on CMH Road
However, Traffic Flows Smoothly On First Day Of Namma Metro Work On The Stretch
TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Bangalore: CMH Road, a critical location on the Namma Metro route map, sported a new bustle on Monday as the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation (BMRC) commenced work on the stretch. The central portion was being barricaded through the day, monitored by BMRC officials.
Barricading will take place in phases between BM Shree Circle and Adarsha junction. Once the barricades are in place, traffic will be shut out of 9.5 metres of road space (4.75 metres on either side of the central point). Basaveshwara Rao, project manager of Navayuga Engineering, the contractor executing the work, said barricading work would continue through the night. By evening, the action was concentrated near the CMH Road-Double Road intersection.
Though the first day of traffic diversions was largely smooth for the traffic police, there was enough indication of what the situation could be in the coming days. For starters, the promised ban on parking on the stretch was not in place. A constable said work was in its initial phase and the ban would be enforced soon.
Heavy vehicles reaching BM Shree Circle are plying on the Old Madras Road-80 Feet Road route and those heading towards Adarsha junction are taking the 80 Feet Road-Old Madras Road route. With vehicles parked on both sides, available road space (about 4 metres) has further shrunk. Variations in width could also pose problems. “The stretch after the CMH Road-Double Road intersection is not as wide as others,” said Sajid, who works nearby.