HYDERABAD: Over 3.5 lakh daily commuters will finally heave a sigh of relief as a three-decade-old problem of traffic bottlenecks will finally come to an end with the commissioning of a six-lane two-way flyover.
In another two weeks, a key and crucial flyover in the city, connecting Secunderabad Cantonment and Balanagar, Kukatpally and Quthbullapur, will be thrown open for commuters, according to Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) engineering wing.
“Covering a length of 1.13-km under the ‘Strategic Road Development Plan’(SRDP) at a cost of Rs 387 crore, except re-carpeting the roads under flyover, major construction of the flyover work has been completed,” said one official.
By overcoming various hurdles in land acquisition, shortage of workers and legal tangles, the six-lane two-way Balanagar-Bowenpally flyover, is ready for take-off.
This is the HMDA’s eighth flyover in the city.
Commuters coming from Medchal (national highway) and adjoining areas of Secunderabad Cantonment, Bowenpally, Sikh Village, Tadbund, and other areas towards Balanagar via Narsapur X road, Shapur, Jeedimetla, Kukatpally and up to Miyapur via Kukatpally ‘Y’ Junction, will be benefitted, courtesy this six-lane two-way flyover.
HMDA had built the Balanagar-Bowenpally flyover using ‘pre-cast & pre-stress’ technology, which can bear heavy loads of vehicles.
Even commuters can commute with 60 kilometres per hour (KMPH) without bumps, said sources.
A few daily commuters TOI spoke with said they used to spend nearly half-an-hour to reach Narsapur X Roads (near Balanagar) “I used to lose so much fuel and time.
Over eight to 10 traffic cops used to regulate traffic at Narsapur X Roads, now with the new flyover, traffic woes will hopefully come to an end,” said Senu Rao, a motorist.