PMC PMRDA will decide the fate of University flyover in a fortnight

  • | Wednesday | 20th February, 2019

In the event of reconstruction, PMC and PMRDA will work out the financial aspect, but if the flyover is to remain as is, then PMRDA will focus only on the Metro line,” Hardikar said.A PMDRA official said the PMC, in a recent presentation to PMRDA, had pushed for a new flyover at the site. But with the new agency working on it, we have to wait for the technical report and see if they can work out a model that doesn’t require the flyover’s demolition,” Shivajinagar MLA Vijay Kale said. For its part, the PMRDA is keen on retaining the flyover as it stands, and raising the height of the Metro viaduct to 13m.A final decision, a PMRDA official said, will be taken only after engineering experts give the most viable option a go-ahead.Tata Realty Infra and Siemens, the consortium appointed to built the 23km Metro line, have finished marking the route and studying the technical details of Metros in Mumbai, Delhi and Hyderabad.“As per PMC’s architect, the flyover will have to be demolished. PUNE: With the Hinjewadi-Shivajinagar Metro and the proposed High Capacity Mass Transit Route (HCMTR) jostling for space, the fate of the University flyover, which comes in the way of both projects, will be decided in 15 days.Agencies appointed by the Pune Municipal Corporation and the Pune Metropolitan Regional Development Authority will conduct a technical study over the next two weeks and take a call on whether the flyover, built in 2007, has to be pulled down, realigned or integrated into the Metro and HCMTR hybrid route, Pimpri Chinchwad municipal commissioner Shravan Hardikar, who is holding additional charge of PMRDA, told TOI on Tuesday.“All three options are under consideration.

PUNE: With the Hinjewadi-Shivajinagar Metro and the proposed High Capacity Mass Transit Route (HCMTR) jostling for space, the fate of the University flyover, which comes in the way of both projects, will be decided in 15 days.Agencies appointed by the Pune Municipal Corporation and the Pune Metropolitan Regional Development Authority will conduct a technical study over the next two weeks and take a call on whether the flyover, built in 2007, has to be pulled down, realigned or integrated into the Metro and HCMTR hybrid route, Pimpri Chinchwad municipal commissioner Shravan Hardikar, who is holding additional charge of PMRDA, told TOI on Tuesday.“All three options are under consideration. In the event of reconstruction, PMC and PMRDA will work out the financial aspect, but if the flyover is to remain as is, then PMRDA will focus only on the Metro line,” Hardikar said.A PMDRA official said the PMC, in a recent presentation to PMRDA, had pushed for a new flyover at the site. For its part, the PMRDA is keen on retaining the flyover as it stands, and raising the height of the Metro viaduct to 13m.A final decision, a PMRDA official said, will be taken only after engineering experts give the most viable option a go-ahead.Tata Realty Infra and Siemens, the consortium appointed to built the 23km Metro line, have finished marking the route and studying the technical details of Metros in Mumbai, Delhi and Hyderabad.“As per PMC’s architect, the flyover will have to be demolished. But with the new agency working on it, we have to wait for the technical report and see if they can work out a model that doesn’t require the flyover’s demolition,” Shivajinagar MLA Vijay Kale said.

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