NH-8 awaits four lane entry roads

Plans are afoot to end perpetual traffic snarls on the Delhi-Jaipur expressway by building new four-lane roads connecting the entry and exit points near 32nd Milestone and Shankar Chowk near the Delhi-Gurgaon border on the highway, said sources claiming that near 32nd Milestone, entry 12 on the e-way to Delhi side is being widened to allow for more vehicles to join the expressway traffic in such a way that a two-lane entry will be converted into a four-lane one. Currently, the traffic going from Rajiv Chowk towards 32nd Milestone, trying to get on to the expressway flyover, gets stuck at the narrow entry and create bumper to bumper traffic jams on Old Railway Road, Rajiv Chowk, and Sohna Road. Similarly, second change is being made at Exit 18, near Atlas Chowk, where the exit is being moved 300 metres closer on the e-way. The current exit is situated too close to Atlas Chowk, because of which several commuters chose to drive the wrong side to join the expressway flyover becoming the main reason of traffic snarls in Udyog Vihar and Shankar Chowk. The connecting roads widening will not just end the wrong-lane driving but also decrease the chances of accidents, besides ensuring smooth movement of vehicular traffic on the expressway.