Hours-long traffic jams, lengthy vehicle queues, honking of horns... this all would be a thing of the past soon for the commuters passing through Zirakpur. Streamlining the flow of traffic in this whole region, Punjab Government is all set to spend Rs 800 crore on 200-feet wide SAS Nagar-Zirakpur-Peer Muchhalla road providing a bypass of Chandigarh.
“The first phase of the SAS Nagar-Zirakpur-Ambala road stretch of this vital link would be completed by December this year,” said Chief Parliamentary Secretary of Industries and Commerce NK Sharma. He pointed out that the completion of this link would streamline the flow of traffic in the region thereby providing much-needed respite to the residents of Zirakpur from their traffic problem.
“The portion of this road from SAS Nagar to International Airport has almost completed and the remaining would be completed soon,” he added. He said that Rs 450 crore would be spent on 20 km road linking Chandigarh-Ambala road to Mohali and Kharar via village Chhat and the construction work of this stretch was going on war footing. “With the completion of this portion, the people coming from Ambala side and people going from Kharar to Delhi need not to enter Chandigarh resulting in saving of precious time and fuel consumption,” he added.
“This road has been divided in 44-ft wide each roads with 22 ft wide service lanes on its both sides,” he added.