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Mumbai: Traffic chaos looms as BEST's proposal to alter SCLR sparks concerns
Updated On: 06 December, 2023 04:57 AM IST | Mumbai | Rajendra B. Aklekar
Undertaking infuriates traffic police by demanding a new traffic signal and breach in the arterial Santacruz Chembur Link Road at Buddha Colony junction, to allow its tall AC double-decker buses to reach Kurla station
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Buddha Colony junction on SCLR where the BEST wants a traffic signal to be installed
First goof-up now make the city pay with a traffic mess. The BEST undertaking has reached out to the traffic police, proposing a new traffic signal and breach the arterial Santacruz Chembur Link Road (SCLR) at Buddha Colony junction (also called New Mill Road junction or Halav Pul junction). This move aims to enable their tall AC double-deck buses to reach Kurla station. The SCLR, which was funded by the World Bank to streamline cross-city traffic, spans 6.45 kilometres.
A visit by mid-day to the New Mill Road Bridge (Halav Pul) spot, where the BEST intends to introduce the new route, revealed the area already in disarray without a signal. Adding a signal here could escalate the chaos. “New officials seem disconnected from ground reality. A signal here would snarl traffic from Chembur to BKC and Kalina. Also, work on Metro Line 2B is currently on at the site and has been heavily barricaded and dug up. With multiple works on, where is the space to create a diversion for buses there?” said Subhash Gupta of Yatri Sangh Mumbai.
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