Everything you need to know about Pune Ring Road – KP Constro

What is Ring Road?

Ring Road is a loop of road around a city or congested area to avoid traffic inside the main area of the city. It can be a single road or series of roads connecting to each other. It offers an alternative road to the internal city roads. Because of the ring, road vehicles bypass the city from outside, and hence the number of vehicles in the city reduces.

If any traveler wants to cross the city then he doesn’t need to go to the city traffic. He can smoothly cross through ring road. This is why Ring Road is helpful to reduce traffic in the city. Ring Roads are also called Circle Road, Loop Road Etc.

Outer Ring Road in Pune-

Pune is developing rapidly since year 2000. Traffic is now a big problem in the city as many peoples are migrated in the city due to it’s education, IT and Industrial Hub. Internal roads in the city are not big enough for such huge traffic. City is also densely populated so expansion of the road is also not an good idea. This why Ring road came in frame. It will allow outer traffic to stay out from the city and will help internal traffic management.

Key Points of Pune Ring Road-

Length Of Ring Road- 128 Kilometers.
Width of Ring Road- 110 Meters.
PMRDA Pune Ring Road will cover 29 villages around Pune city
The Ring Road will also connect highways such as Pune-Nashik, Mumbai-Pune-Solapur, Pune-Ahmednagar, and Pune-Satara.
Required land area- 1430 Hectares – 3500+ acres
It has Four lanes on each side + 2 service lanes on each side.
Construction of Tunnels of total length 3.75 km.
Construction of Major Bridges – 6 No.s
Development of Cycle Track on both sides.
Development of Footpaths
Construction of 8 Flyovers.
Subway Roads – 14
Provision of Solar panel metro route at center
Commercial buildings at the junction for the attraction of business and relaxation
Green project
Signal free junctions for highways
Multi-layer road if necessary
Self-illuminating lights on the road for night vision and safety.

Timeline-

12 July 2007: Maharashtra Government suggests ring road project for the city.
16 January 2014: Maharashtra State government approves MSRDC’s proposal for preparing a detailed project report.
2 April 2015: Maharashtra State government issues a notification announcing the formation of Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA). PMRDA prioritizes Metro and Ring Road work, promises to take radical steps to turn these plans into reality.
26 July 2015: announced new survey for the same, the work was given to PMRDA.
7 November 2015: The Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) completes the survey of land required for the project. Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) will further take measures to commence the work on ground.
Now land acquisition is in progress

Route-

Pune ring road is divided in three main phases, Whose routes are as given below.

Phase 1: Theur Phata (On NH 9) – Kesnand – Wagholi – Charholi – Bhavdi – Tulapur – Alandi – Kelgaon – Chimbli (On NH 50)
Phase 2: Chimbli (On NH 50) – Moee – Nighoje – Sangurdi – Shelarwadi – NH 4 – Shirgaon – Chandkhed – Pachne – Pimpoli – Rihe – Ghotawde – Pirangut.
Phase 3: NH 4 -Khed Shivapur- Gogalwadi – Patharwadi – Bhivri – Kanifnath – Theur Phata (On NH 9)

Cost-

Cost of Pune ring road will be around 10,400 crore. This big amount will be arranged by State and Central Government. MSRDC plays developer role in Ring road so it will also help in funding.

Completion-

There is no any official completion date. Construction work is not started yet. It is expected to complete project in 36 months once project starts.

Some other Ring Roads in India-

Ring Roads are not new for India, many ring roads are functional in the country. Many of them are very successful and helping cities for their traffic problem. Some examples are as given below

Hyderabad Outer Ring Road– It is also called as Nehru Outer Road. The length of the Road is 158 Km. It is 8 Lane big road which is around Hyderabad City. This Road is inaugurated in December 2005. Since then road is helping Hyderabad traffic.

Chennai HSCTC– Chennai High-Speed Circular Transportation Corridor is an elevated outer ring road for Chennai City. The speed limit is 80 km/hr. It also has BRTs provision. The length of the road is 108 Km. The project is completed in the year 2009.