GUWAHATI: The new state-of-the-art bridge to be constructed over the Brahmaputra River would help to control traffic congestion along the Machkhowa to Santipur area as the Mahatma Gandhi road would be converted to one-way.
It is to be mentioned that the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the same has been prepared.
Vehicles travelling from Panbaazar towards Maligoan will have to take the MG Road while the traffic moving from Bhootnath towards Panbazar will have to take the elevated corridor (bridge) along the Y-arm of the bridge. The said 'elevated corridor' will be 1.4kms (1.24kms main bridge), starting from opposite of Swagat Hospital and ending at the Azan Pir Park. The Public Works Department (PWD) has also proposed the construction of two rotaries at both these points.
As per information, the construction of the bridge is to be started from February 25, in the tentative presence of CM Sarbananda Sonowal.
The 'super-structure' will start as a six-lane bridge at the Northern Bank and would diverge at a Y-arm at the Southern Bank to two three-lane ways. The total cost of the project is reportedly around Rs. 2600 crores.