AMC announces Rs. 611-cr infra projects

Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC)
In a major push to the city’s infra development, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has decided to invest Rs 611 crore on roads and flyovers in the next fiscal, Mukesh Kumar, the civic body commissioner, said adding that like every year, this year also the basic infrastructure was the focus of the budget for the heritage smart city. For the new roads, SG Highway service road area is going to be developed on both the sides of roads. Also, there is a proposal of Road Design Cell, which will comprise experts of road resurfacing, private and government officials. There is a scope of inclusion of engineers from other civic bodies to share their views and experiences. There is also a plan to make 150 km long new road network in the city during 2018-19 including a proposal of the elevated express corridor at Kalupur railway station and 16 new underpasses on Ahmedabad Botad railway line. The three-layer flyover is going to ease traffic burden from the main roads. The proposed flyovers and underpasses will go a long way to streamline the vehicular traffic across the city.

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