National highways in Gujarat will be improved to regulate traffic: Gadkari

Vadodara: Union minister for road transport and highways, Nitin Gadkari on Friday announced two major projects that would benefit the city. Gadkari declared that an underpass will be constructed at the Chhani junction of the national highway and the two-lane bridges will be widened on the highway at Jambuva, Por and Bamangam.
Gadkari was in the city to inaugurate a new flyover along with service roads and ramp at Dumad crossroads and a flyover at the Dena crossroads. Both the facilities were developed in wake of the frequent traffic snarls at the two crossroads.
Speaking on the occasion, Gadkari also made announcement of two key projects that would further streamline traffic along the highway. Gadkari said that the work on the underpass on Chhani crossroads on the highway will begin soon. This will ease traffic movement between the city and Ahmedabad.
Gadkari also said that the bridges and flyovers on the national highway between the city and Vapi will be widened from two lanes to four lanes. In all, there are nine such bridges and Rs 1,000 crore will be invested in the bridges. The bridges at Jambuva, Bamangam and Por near the city will also be widened.
Gadkari also mentioned that the state would benefit from the expressways connecting Amritsar and Jamnagar, Sanchore and Ahmedabad, Surat and Chennai as well as the Delhi-Mumbai expressway. He also mentioned that 30 lakh tonnes of garbage from Ahmedabad was used in the Ahmedabad-Dholera highway and suggested that the same could be done in Vadodara too.
Gadkari lauded the state for working on the black spots on the highways. He said that 88 per cent of these had been improved and the death toll due to accidents at these spots had gone down by 22 per cent.