Gujarat: Sarkhej-Gandhinagar Road to bypass jams only in September

AHMEDABAD: You may be caught in traffic snarls on Sarkhej-Gandhinagar Road (SG Road) till September, as the NHAI (National Highways Authority of India) works to ensure that the three main stretches on the road are cleared of bottlenecks. Three major overbridges promise to ease traffic congestion. One will connect Hebatpur Crossroads to Sola Bhagwat, the other will lie over Vaishnodevi Circle, and the third is coming up near Khodiyar container depot.
A senior officer in Gandhinagar said that two flyovers, one being constructed at Vaishnodevi Circle and the other at Gota Crossroads, are almost ready.Technical teams are running load-bearing tests on the two bridges. The authorities expect to inaugurate these two bridges by mid-June.
Officials said that the longest flyover on SG Road, linking Hebatpur Crossroads to Sola Bhagwat, will be completed by Septemberend. The flyover merges with the Thaltej underpass. The officials said that the three projects have been delayed by nearly 45 days because migrant labourers had left the state last year due to Covid. Work on Sola railway overbridge is ongoing and involves the railway ministry.
“SG Road has become one of the busiest roads of Ahmedabad city over the past ten years,” said an official. “Also, the construction of flyovers at key junctions across the 14km stretch on the highway was causing traffic snarls.” The authorities had planned a series of flyovers and the six-laning of the road, the official said. “However, with work on the three flyovers in progress, driving on the road had become a nightmare,” he said. “We expect the stretch to be ready by September-end and will ensure that a commuter who gets on to the Iskcon flyover drives straight to Gandhinagar without much hindrance.” Currently, commuters encounter a bottleneck on the Khodiyar overbridge after Vaishnodevi Circle towards Gandhinagar as road-widening work is under way. Since the railways is involved, the exact deadline for the completion of this overbridge cannot be given, officials said.