Jehangir Chowk- Rambagh flyover is set to miss another deadline as J&K Economic Reconstruction Agency (JKERA) is yet to complete some vital works on the project.
JKERA had set May end as deadline for completing the finalphase of the flyover for vehicular movement. However an official revealed thatseveral works were pending on the flyover including laying of concrete slabs.
A senior official of JKERA said it would take “more time” tocomplete the work before flyover is opened for vehicular movement.
“It is unlikely that final phase of the flyover will bethrown open by end of this month though the government is pressing thecontractor and executing agency to complete the project within the stipulatedtime,” he said.
The flyover, which is being constructed from Jahangir Chowkto Rambagh, has missed several deadlines. The work on Rs 369 core project wastaken up in 2013.
The first phase of the flyover from Barzulla to Gogji Baghwas thrown open for traffic last year. The flyover has six access ramps — atJehangir Chowk, Indoor Sports Stadium, Aloochi Bagh, Rambagh, Zum Zum complex,Natipora, and MET station, Barzulla.
The project was to be completed within three years withSeptember 2016 as the deadline. The deadline was extended to March 2017. Butthe project completion got delayed owing to September 2014 floods.
The Asian Development Bank-funded project is being executedby JKERA and is expected to decongest traffic on the road towards Barzulla andSrinagar airport.
When completed, the 2.4 Km flyover is expected to reducetravel time from Jehangir Chowk to Rambagh from 28 minutes to 2.5 minutes.
Meanwhile, in absence of safety measures the wrong drivingon the first phase of the flyover has become a cause of accidents on theflyover.