Gurugram roads to be repaired in phases

GURUGRAM: The Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority’s (GMDA) draft mobility management plan (MMP), currently open for public objections and feedback, proposes to overhaul the city’s transport and traffic infrastructure in three broad phases — immediate and short-term, medium-term and long-term.

A major part of this overhaul, according to the MMP, is the creation of at least three model streets, which will facilitate not just vehicular movement but also create accessible public spaces for citizens.

In the first phase, the School of Planning and Architecture’s (SPA) transport planning department (which drafted the MMP), has suggested upgrading road signs, traffics lights and pedestrian infrastructure, improving efficiency of key intersections, revamping bus depots and bus stops, increasing access to public transport, and streamlining the movement of intermediate public transport, such as autos and private cabs.

In the medium and long-term phases, the MMP has proposed five plans for improvement of road networks, public transport, intermediate public transport, movement of freight vehicles, and management of traffic signals, which build on the shortterm interventions.

The long-term goal is one of “improving modal share of public transport from existing 13.9% to 40% and to promote social inclusion by increasing public transport availability and accessibility to all social groups.”