Traffic resumed on the mixed lane after BRTS (Bus Rapid Transit System) was removed from both sides from Roshanpura intersection to Banganga intersection in Bhopal.
After laying asphalt in the night, traffic started on the mixed lane from Tuesday. After the removal of BRTS, the width of the road has become 23.40 meters. Now the work of making the central verge (divider) will start. After the construction of the central verge, this road will become 6 lanes. A central verge of 1.25 meter will be built in the middle. In which saplings will also be planted.
The railing from Banganga to Polytechnic intersection was also removed on Monday. The work of breaking the divider will start from Tuesday evening. There is a plan to complete this also in the next one week. The third phase work will be done on this lane from Polytechnic College to Kamala Park.
BRTS demolition work is going on at 3 places. A large part from Halalpur to Bairagarh has been damaged. This work is being done by PWD, while the work of Lalghati from Collectorate is also going on for the last 3 days. Work is going on on about 40% of Kamla Park from Roshanpura intersection.
BRTS lane has been removed from Roshanpura intersection to Banganga. Due to this the width of the road has increased.
Municipal Corporation Sub Engineer Aditya Khare said, after the completion of the BRTS corridor, the width of the road will become 23.40 meters. Out of these, a divider will be made in 1.20 meters. Saplings will be planted for beautification. Just like it is on VIP Road. After the divider is built, there will be 21 meters of road. That means, a ten and a half meter road will be left on one side. If we talk about one lane, it is 3.5 meters long. According to this, there will be 3 lanes on one side and the same number of lanes on the other side.
The work of removing the corridor from Ampri to Misrod will start from Tuesday. Sub Engineer Khare said, the work of removing the corridor will be done during the day, while repairs are being done at night.
Apart from 21 traffic signals located in the corridor, 3 gantries along with the CCTV cameras installed here will also be removed. The work of removing them has also been started.