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Case Studies | Civil Engineering | India | Volume 5 Issue 4, April 2016 | Popularity: 6.8 / 10
Traffic Impact Study at the Existing Road Connecting between Botanical Garden of Gachibowli Miyapur Road and Ends at Prof C.R. Road, Hyderabad-Telangana
Koudagani Venkatesh, Ratod Vinod Kumar
Abstract: The existing road network system in Hyderabad is facing lot of problems associated with inadequate traffic management and lack of efficient transport system. This has resulted inconsiderable growth and use of personalized vehicles leading to traffic congestions due to inadequate road configurations. The primary and secondary road network of GHMC consisting of arterial, sub arterial, collector and local streets under GHMC undergoing frequent maintenance due to frequent digging of roads along and across for laying of new/shifting of existing utilities, inadequate carriageway width for the ever growing vehicular traffic. there is more probability of accidents due to unavailability of median, warning signs etc. Apart from the above improper/lack of footpath for the vulnerable pedestrians, indiscriminate disposal of garbage and dumping of debris on the road side, unauthorized encroachments leading to reduction in road space thereby congestion, early failure of BT surface due to inadequate drainage facilities coupled with absence of proper camber, clogging of drains, quality of construction and maintenance etc. , leading to the failure of these roads. Currently the existing road connecting between Botanical garden of Gachibowli Miyapur road and ends at prof C. R. Road. the Road is very narrow and frequent traffic jams occur on this road leading to inordinate delay for traffic. Most of the traffic passing through this road is two wheelers, cars, light commercial vehicles etc. there is a lot of open space In some areas along the road. and there is a little space for widening due to the establishments such as commercial shops, religious structures etc. , very close to the road in some areas along the road
Keywords: Design pavement composition, periodic repair costing, provision of dowel bar & tie bar, design of junctions, cost comparison
Edition: Volume 5 Issue 4, April 2016
Pages: 357 - 360
DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.21275/NOV162566
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