PWD zeroes in on 11 road black spots in need for repair

Time of India

7 hours ago

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Lucknow: The public works department (PWD), in its latest survey, has identified 11 locations where road safety work is required to repair the black spots. While three accident spots are situated within the city, the remaining eight are on the national highways connecting the city with the neighbouring districts.
The road stretches where vulnerability was detected, owing to conflicts between motor vehicles, non-motorised vehicles and pedestrians are majorly situated over the Lucknow-Ayodhya road. Kamta crossing in Chinhat, which witnesses regular bottlenecks as city traffic merges with the highway-bound traffic, as well as motorists who ply via Shaheed path, is one of the key black spots.
"Road engineering needs to be improved around the intersection.
We have requested the local administration and police to get the encroachment and roadside vendors removed. Regular drives are also needed against the e-rickshaw and autorickshaw drivers, and bus drivers need to be sensitised," said an engineer deputed in the city.
However, the owner of a stationery shop in the Ismailganj locality along the highway, Vikas Chandra, added, "A lot of vehicle owners are caught unaware and take the mandatory U-turn that was constructed to facilitate movement towards the Allahabad high court building under the flyover.
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The concrete embankment created to funnel the vehicle into the U-turn lane is just one foot from the ground, and at night, a lot of vehicles collide into it unknowingly.
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Similarly, near Adarsh dhabha on the Faizabad road in Chinhat, measures need to be taken to reduce conflicts. Kisan path intersection, further ahead on the route, is another point where multiple accidents have been reported. Also, near a fuel station situated close to the Barabanki border, the median needs to be strengthened to discourage two-wheelers from plying in the wrong direction.
The other locations where repair or improvements are needed include the Vibhuti Khand-Shaheed path intersection near Indira Gandhi Pratisthan, the stretch near Malhaur railway station, and Kumhrawan intersection on Sitapur road, among others. Officials said that a budget of close to Rs 52 lakh will be required for the improvement works.
In the past, the most vulnerable black spot was detected around the Gosainganj trisection on the Sultanpur road. However, measures were taken to reduce casualties. Over the years, more than 85 fatal accidents took place over the 500-mt road stretch owing to over-speeding, wrong-side driving and jumping the road signals, among other reasons.