23.6.08

Pune BRTS Update

Pune Municipal Corporation is planning to set up foot overbridges with escalators at bus stops on the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) routes.Municipal Commissioner Praveensinh Pardeshi said that such facilities were being planned at each bus stop along the BRTS pilot project on Katraj-Swargate-Hadapsar route. He was interacting with the audience at a workshop organised by PMC on the BRTS proj ect at the MCCIA auditorium.The event was organised to clear misgivings about the BRTS project and throw light on steps that PMC is taking to make BRTS a success. Corporators, social workers, PMPML officials and representatives of Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (ILFS) were present at the workshop.The corporation is also working on synchronisation of traffic signal system on the BRT route to help commuters cross roads with ease. The new signaling system should be in place by October this year.

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