Commuters of Delhi Noida and Ghaziabad get ready to zip through signal free drive at highly congested Model Town crossing on NH-24 highway as the Noida authority on Thursday claimed that the Model town underpass has been constructed and is to be opened on October 28 before Diwali.
The underpass which is located in the Sector 62 area, which cuts NH-24 perpendicularly is being constructed on push back and clover leaps engineering technology model on a budget of Rs 130 Crore.
The authority will run vehicular trial three days ago on October 25. It will help to ease the traffic movement at NH-24.
The project was earlier scheduled to open in August but was delayed due to monsoon. Project engineer of the Noida authority PK Garg said the construction has been completed. Engineers are giving it final touch to open it for public.”We expect to construct all repair works within a week. The review report is being sent to the CEO every week and the officials have scheduled to open it on October 28. The underpass is means to reduce traffic pressure on NH-24 and Ghaziabad regions” Garg said.
The underpass will have four clover leaps — two lanes each side — to facilitate the movement of vehicles in four directions. Two loops will be on the Noida side and two on the Ghaziabad side. Authority officials said that the commuters coming from Delhi via NH -24 will get direct access to head Ghaziabad as there will be no traffic signals.
While those who want to move Sector-62 Fortis hospital could travel through the underpass by using left clover leap. However, those coming towards Fortis hospital side could go to Indirapuram, Ghaziabad and Hapur by using this underpass.
Engineers have provided an entry point in the underpass for the commuters coming from NIB chowk to Model town. It will open towards Ghaziabad. This underpass will provide a major relief for lakh of the commuters who struggle daily to cross NH-24. The Noida authority had floated tender in February 2014 and the construction work was being started in May 2015.