Sreebhumi subway work: VIP Road to remain blocked for two months

Kolkata: Kolkata-bound VIP Road will be blocked for at least two months to fast track the completion of a subway coming at Sreebhumi in Lake Town.

The Bidhannagar City Police on Thursday evening kicked off the trial run that will go on for two days before embarking on the two-month blocking. The police has decided to use the Kolkata-bound service road of Lake Town and VIP fully for vehicular movement during this two -month block period.

"The lane of main carriage way of airport-bound road of Lake Town and VIP Road will be utilised for the movement of some Kolkata-bound small vehicles, mainly in the morning and as and when required depending on the vehicular pressure," a senior police official of the traffic wing of Bidhannagar City police said.

Elaborating on the movement of traffic, the official said the vehicles those will be diverted from Kolkata-bound VIP Road to Airport-bound VIP Road through the cut out near Sreebhumi foot overbridge will move upto Golaghata subway taking one lane of Airport flank main carriage way.

Following this, the vehicles will again merge into the Kolkata-bound main carriage way of VIP Road through the cut out after Golaghata foot overbridge.

"During the diversion, Airport-bound vehicles will avail the Lake town service road and rest of the one lane of Airport bound VIP main carriage way," the official added.

The Traffic department will dedicate a number of lanes equal to the existing lanes towards Airport or Kolkata flank, depending upon the traffic pressure during peak hours to avoid any unnecessary delay.