No more traffic jams and inconvenience on Karve road for kothrudkars! The two-storeyed flyover at Nal stop, Karve road, will finally be opened to the public on Sunday, March 13th, a week after the metro began on this route. The Maha Metro earlier completed work on the flyover and handed it over to the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) which is now all set to throw it open to the public next week.
“Once the flyover is operational, it will help manage traffic heading from Deccan to western Pune. At Nal stop, 35,000 to 40,000 vehicles pass every hour during peak hours, so it is important to have a flyover on this stretch. The flyover will also provide easy passage to commuters who want to go to Haveli and Mulshi taluka,” said Murlidhar Mohol, Pune Mayor.
This is the first double-storeyed flyover in Pune. The project has been jointly executed by the PMC and the Maha Metro. The PMC proposed a flyover at the Nal stop chowk in the 2017-18 budget. The elevated metro was planned on Karve road around the same time. As both projects shared the same location, the Maha Metro suggested that a double-decker flyover was possible along the stretch similar to flyovers that had been executed at Jaipur and Nagpur.
