VIP Road in Kolkata being upgraded to a 10-lane one for speedier traffic

VIP Road in Kolkata is being widened by adding two lanes on either side to make it a 10-lane high speed road. It aims to reclaim from Rajarhat Expressway its reputation as the fastest route to the airport. The two extra lanes will be added on either flank from Ultadanga till the airport and there would be dedicated bus bays both ways. Thereby, the rest of the road space would be meant for other vehicles.
It is a Rs 54-crore project and will convert VIP Road from a six-lane corridor to a 10-lane one and uniform in width along almost the entire 8-Km stretch between Ultadanga and Airport Gate No. 1.
This has been reported in telegraphindia.com dated 4 June 2016.

The only hitch is that necessary land is not readily available yet in some places. Near the Kaikhali crossing, extra lanes cannot be added to one flank because of privately owned land that starts from the edge of the thoroughfare. The ambitious project had started last year and is targeted for completion in another three months time.
However, PWD officials are hesitating to indicate a deadline because there are some underground electric cables involved from Raghunathpur till Haldiram's. These have to be relocated for work to begin. The project envisages subways at Raghunathpur, Bangur and Kaikhali apart from a concrete walkway along the Kestopur canal that separates Salt Lake from VIP Road.


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