Rains, bad roads & illegal parking cause jams across city
Commuters travelling by road called it a horrible Wednesday as the traffic situation across the city – from major expressways to bridges and flyovers – was messy. Heavy rains added to the already existing bad roads and potholes caused bottlenecks, slow traffic movement and jams in many places across the city.
Commuters also reported the absence of traffic personnel in several areas including the Western Express Highway (WEH) and near the L&T Flyover. “The Airport Road (Santacruz) along the WEH was jam-packed with traffic, with vehicles piling up one after another. Traffic movement had come to a standstill and I ended up being stuck in my vehicle for almost 45 minutes while the trip from my home to work takes only 20 minutes. People were looking out for traffic personnel to manage the traffic but none was around,” said Rupali Shinde, a commuter based in Andheri.
Another commuter travelling from Goregaon to Andheri
via WEH experienced the same situation. “Not sure why there was so much rush even during the nonpeak hours (around 12:30 pm), but it looked like there was a huge pile-up of vehicles along the WEH. We were stuck for over 50 minutes in that traffic congestion,” she said.
The Haji Ali route and the Tardeo route experienced unusual traffic congestion as the traffic police had closed the Kemps Corner Bridge for vehicular movement for almost 40 minutes, due to technical issues. The traffic police tweeted, “Kemps Corner Bridge is closed for vehicular movement due to technical issues. Commuters can take the August Kranti Maidan-Haji
Ali-Wilson CollegeNana Chowk route.” The bridge was closed for inspection by BMC engineers, said the traffic authorities.