PCMC Allocates ₹1 Crore to Ease Traffic at 25 Key Junctions Including Wakad and Bhumkar Chowk

Report by The Newsage Pune.

Modified Road Infrastructure to be Provided by PCMC for Erasure of Traffic

Despite having ample infrastructure, Pimpri-Chinchwad faces significant traffic congestion. To address this, the Pimpri-Chinchwad, Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has allocated ₹1 crore to improve 25 congested junctions, with construction starting this year.

The Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has initiated to reduce bottleneck traffic in fast moving areas of Pune. For this purpose, ₹1 crore has been allocated only for making amendments to carry out this plan smoothly. A list of important junctions and chowks have been identified to work around to ease overall traffic congestion.

A joint survey by the Urban Mobility Department and traffic police revealed that increasing vehicles, traffic rule violations, and inadequate road infrastructure are the primary reasons behind these bottlenecks. A plan has been chalked out to decongest the existing traffic. According to the plan, traffic relief will be provided at 10 junctions through signal modifications, one-way routes, deployment of traffic assistants and installation of bollards.

For the safety of pedestrians, 'speed tables' are going to be introduced at key crossings for safer movements. A list of junctions have been identified that experience heavy traffic congestion at all times and hsve scope for improvement.