HYDERABAD: With works on the Rs 1,090-crore H-CITI project progressing at a brisk pace, the Hyderabad traffic police will implement a one-way traffic system around KBR Park from August 18 to ease traffic congestion.
“The traffic management plan for the construction was finalised after a detailed study and two rounds of trial runs. The Hyderabad traffic police, along with the GHMC, addressed problems identified during the trials before finalising the arrangements,” Hyderabad Police Commissioner VC Sajjanar said.
The police also consulted residents of colonies around KBR Park, walkers and representatives of welfare associations while finalising the traffic diversions. The project has a completion period of 24 months and is expected to reduce travel time between the core city and the IT corridor, besides cutting fuel consumption and carbon emissions by reducing vehicle idling at junctions.
Sajjanar said motorists could face some inconvenience in the initial days of the one-way arrangement from August 18 due to route changes. He appealed to motorists and residents to cooperate with the authorities.
The project comprises seven multi-level steel flyovers and seven directional underpasses and aims to make traffic movement largely signal-free.
Jubilee Hills Check Post has emerged as the biggest bottleneck around KBR Park, recording a peak-hour traffic volume of 15,321 Passenger Car Units (PCUs) per hour followed by KBR Park Entrance Junction with 13,516 PCUs per hour, according to a traffic assessment conducted for the project.
Signal-based system around KBR Park inadequate: Police
Maharaja Agrasen Junction recorded 10,356 Passenger Car Units (PCUs) per hour, followed by Road No 45 Junction with 9,966 PCUs and Filmnagar Junction with 9,605 PCUs. Basavatarakam Cancer Hospital Junction recorded 5,880 PCUs per hour.
The figures underline the heavy traffic load on the KBR Park corridor, which connects the core city with the IT hub and sees intense movement during peak hours.
With traffic exceeding 10,000 PCUs per hour at several junctions, the existing signal-based system is proving inadequate, police said.
The proposed multi-level infrastructure is aimed at segregating traffic flows and reducing the number of vehicles stopping at signals. Once completed, it is expected to address traffic bottlenecks at KBR Park Entrance, Road No 45, Filmnagar, Maharaja Agrasen and Basavatarakam Cancer Hospital junctions.
Sajjanar said congestion at the heavily trafficked Jubilee Hills Check Post was expected to reduce by about 80 per cent.
The H-CITI project has been divided into two packages. Package-I covers Jubilee Hills Check Post, KBR Park Entrance and Mugdha Junction, while Package-II covers Road No 45, Filmnagar, Maharaja Agrasen and Basavatarakam Cancer Hospital junctions.
Junctions & PCUs per hour
Jubilee Hills Check Post 15,321
KBR Park Entrance 13,516
Maharaja Agrasen 10,356
Road No 45 9,966
Filmnagar Junction 9,605
Basavatarakam Cancer Hospital 5,880