MARGAO, JULY 10
A short term plan to tackle State’s traffic woes is expected to be finalised by the Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi within the next six months.
Road scientist, Dr K Ravinder, deputed by the CRRI was in Goa last week for five days to inspect all the intersections and junctions all over the State, except the highways.
MARG Convenor Gurunath Kelekar told Herald that the road scientist covered approximately 200 points in both North and South Goa with officers from the Road Transport, PWD, Traffic, besides MARG.
“A preliminary study of these points with maps will be made in Delhi. This will be followed by a visit of 4-5 scientists to Goa to inspect these points on the spot, sometime in September”, Kelekar said.
He said the study of the entire traffic scenario in Goa is expected to be complete in 15 months, adding while the short term will be in place within six months, the long term plan will be ready in all respects in 15 month time.
Kelekar said assistance of the citizens and students will be taken by the experts for the purpose of survey of traffic in the state.
The CRRI team is expected to study all the 100 accident spots and suggest low cost immediate measures. The team will also inspect all rotaries, junctions, intersections and central islands in the state for immediate relief measures for easy flow of traffic by redesigning the intersections, rotaries and improving the safety measures.
The team will also study the traffic circulation plan in all the Municipal areas along with their parking problems and suggest new changes for parking and for smooth flow of traffic, including satellite areas like Calangute, Porvorim, Colva etc.
Creation of parking infrastructure in all the major towns, market places, beaches, tourist spots, places of congregation and functions in the state, keeping in mind the future needs will be looked into by the team.
Another aspect that will be examined is the feasibility of providing dedicated roads and lanes for two-wheelers all over the state.
The team will study mining routés and mining corridors will be identified and recommend alternate routes, new loading and unloading points to ease mining traffic.
A study of public transport system, bus stops, bus bays will also be made and the team will recommend for better service, route rationalization, nationalization and ring road service to discourage personalized mode of transport.
