Longest Flyover of Northeast Coming up in Guwahati

Construction likely to commence from this month

STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI: To ease the mounting pressure of vehicles in and passing through the ‘Gateway to the Northeast’, the State government has taken up a mega flyover project in Guwahati. Once completed, this 1.5 km-long T-shaped double-lane flyover on the Guwahati-Shillong (GS) Road will be the longest in the entire north-eastern region. The State Public Works Department (PWD) has been already prepared the Detailed Project Report (DPR).

This proposed flyover is in addition to the one that is under construction at Ganeshguri.

Judged from the side of Paltan Bazar towards Khanapara, the main flyover will stretch on the right side.

It will start in front of the Janata Bhawan at Dispur and end at the Down Town police point. On the other hand, the right-side bifurcation will start from the Dispur Supermarket junction to terminate before the traffic roundabout (Golchakkar) at Last Gate.

The approximate cost of this project under the SOPD (State Owned Priority Development) scheme is Rs 126 crore. Construction work of this flyover is expected to commence from this month itself. Though the project completion time is three years, State PWD sources informed The Sentinel that the Department will try to complete the flyover before the slated time period.

To ensure uninterrupted traffic communication during the flyover-construction phase, the PWD has already carried out a survey and prepared a report, which it will share with the Guwahati traffic police authority.

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