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To decongest Gurgaon expressway, toll plaza to have more lanes
Under pressure from various quarters for not being able to ease traffic flow on the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway, especially at Delhi border toll and Kherki Dhaula, DS Constructions has come out with a 12-point decongestion plan.
The company said it will add three more lanes, and two additional reversible lanes, to the Delhi-Jaipur side for easing the traffic flow. Work on the project will start in March.
Similarly, construction work on three more lanes at the Kherki Dhaula toll plaza has already been initiated. Of the three lanes, two would be towards Delhi, and one towards Jaipur. Work will be completed by April, the company said.
A study conducted by the company revealed vehicles taking a U-turn at the Delhi border toll plaza constituted a major hindrance to the traffic flow. Nearly 1,300 vehicles take a U-turn from the main carriageway and service lanes near Ambience Mall, creating congestion at the toll plaza. “A U-turn option is being provided at the DLF Phase-III turn between 5-8 pm. Other interventions, which include regulating the flow of two-wheelers near the toll plaza, are being tried out. The initial results have been positive,” a company statement said.
DS Constructions has also been experimenting with the concept of mobile ticketing, wherein toll is collected from vehicles before they reach the toll window.
Initial trials on light vehicles suggested that as the processing rate at the toll window was already very high, mobile ticketing does not substantially improve it. “But for heavy vehicles that spend more time at the toll window, especially after 9 pm, the mobile ticketing concept could make a difference in the processing rate. We will conduct mobile ticketing trials for heavy vehicles in the coming week,” the company said.
DS Constructions has also been focussing on the toll collector training programme over the last quarter. Toll collectors have processed up to 900 vehicles per hour per lane during peak hours, which is several times the processing rate stipulated in the concession agreement, it said.
The company has identified two main reasons for congestion on the expressway — traffic volume beyond estimated levels and lack of lane discipline, especially the entry of cash users in tag lanes. It said toll expansion and issuing challans to errant cash vehicles in tag lanes was the only option left for them. Other measures of the plan include installation of 10 boom barriers, which are faster than current ones. These boom barriers have a cycle time of 0.6 seconds as compared to the earlier cycle time of 1.2 seconds.
Other points include providing more power to traffic marshals, lane assistants and the corridor control team. At present, the total count for traffic marshals and lane assistants are 151and 61 respectively. Similarly, in order to cater to breakdowns and accidents, the patrolling team has been increased to 132. DS Constructions has introduced six new patrolling bikes with public address systems and safety lights. Also, steps have been taken to install hi-tech CCTV cameras, remove illegally parked vehicles, and install more signboards.
Source: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/To-decongest-Gurgaon-expressway–toll-plaza-to-have-more-lanes/912213/
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