Pune Ring Road – Western Alignment Start at Khed Shivapur & Ends at Urse (66.100 km)

BRIEF SUMMARY

1. Executive Summary

1.1 Preamble:

Pune is the ninth-most populous city in and the second largest in the state of after the state capital city of Mumbai. Pune is also the 101st largest city in the world, by population. Situated about 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau, on the right bank of the . Pune city is the administrative headquarters of . The traffic around Pune city has been increasing at high rate due to industrial and other socio-economic development, thus necessitating capacity augmentation of the existing radial routes emanating from the city. Besides, through traffic, i.e. traffic originating outside Pune and destined outside Pune, is passing through Pune City thus overloading the intra city network and creating traffic congestion. Therefore, to decongest the city of Pune it is essential to create a road network for through traffic which can circumvent the city limit and pass hassle free.

Pune Ring road is a proposed circular outer road for . This decision was taken on 12.06.2007 by the Chief Minister of Maharashtra. In earlier stage (2008) proposed ring road was widening of existing outer ring road, but later it is modified & decided to align away from city considering future growth and development of PMR. The Maharashtra State Road Developm+ent Corporation (MSRDC) has decided to take up the development of an Outer Ring Road Corridors for the Historic City of Pune in order to provide safe unhindered passage to peripheral traffic which will in turn help in decongesting the city traffic. Accordingly MSRDC has proposed to implement the development project under two packages viz. Package I [approximate length 100.747 Kms] starting from Khed Shivapur on NH-4 [Popularly known as Satara road] and culminating at Urse on Mumbai-Pune Expressway via Bhivari [Pune road], Wadki [ road], Theur [Solapur road], Lonikand [Ahmednagar road], Kuruli [Nashik Road and Talegaon [Old Mumbai-Pune Ring road – NH4] and Package II [approximate 66.100 Kms length] starting from Khed Shivapur on NH-4 [Satara road] and culminating at Urse on mum-Pune Expressway via Malkhed [Pune-Panshet road], Muttha Village [Pune – Lavasa road] and Ghotavade Phata [ Road].

Based on various alternative alignment option study for Pune Ring Road- western alignment, one of alignment is finalised which is starting from Khed Shivapur on NH-4 [Satara road] and culminating at Urse on Mumbai-Pune Expressway via Malkhed [Pune-Panshet road], Muttha Village [Pune – Lavasa road] and Ghotavade Phata [Paud Road].

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Pune Ring Road – Western Alignment Start at Khed Shivapur & Ends at Urse (66.100 km)

1.2 Project Description:

Presently the start and end points of the project corridor are partly linked by existing single/two lane road [about 66.100 kms length] which crisscrosses through existing towns/villages/hamlets with about a 10 km stretch [aerial length] of missing link between villages Kalyan and Sangrun. Out of the 65 kms of existing road, only about 16 kms [existing Pune - Lavasa Road portion] is two lane and in good condition.

The western part of Pune Ring Road was conceived to be built in following chainage :

Table 1 : Details of Chainage (Western Alignment)

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Pune Ring Road – Western Alignment Start at Khed Shivapur & Ends at Urse (66.100 km)

Details of Major Junctions have been collected during the reconnaissance survey are listed Table Table 2 : Details of Major/Minor Intersections

The project road is proposed to be of expressway standard having 6-lane with paved shoulder with provision of future 8-laning. Hence the proposals are mostly in conformity with the provisions of MORT&H Expressway Guidelines 2010, published by IRC.

It passes through 41 villages under 5 Talukas, viz. , Maval, Paud, Haveli & Mulashi.

The estimated cost for the entire stretch of the project is Rs. 3021.72 Crores. Some parts of the alignment pass through the forest land and barren land. Wherever the forest land is involved, the clearance will be required from the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), Government of India.

1.3 Importance of the Project:

The to and fro highway traffic plying between Mumbai to Bangalore will use the proposed ring road and ease the intensity of traffic on the present Mumbai-Bangalore bypass. The fringe traffic of Pune City will also be greatly benefitted as they will not have to enter the city and can avoid the traffic snarls. It is also proposed to develop housing and other infrastructure along the ring road and provide connectivity to people there. It will decentralize the development of city. The concept of „walk to work‟ wherein working stations would be near residential areas, will ensure people do not have to spend long hours commuting from residence to office. Proposed ring road is expected to be used by nearly 10 lakhs vehicles. The project will be self- financing as funds are expected to be generated by “Land Pooling” system and TP Schemes.

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Pune Ring Road – Western Alignment Start at Khed Shivapur & Ends at Urse (66.100 km)

Existing outermost fully developed road of the city on western part is Mumbai-Bangalore bypass passes through road, Kiwale, , , , , , Kondhva, Undri but the road is now became part of the city due to development on both sides of road and hence project ring road is proposed about 10-12 km away from development on the western side. The Project road which connects the Mumbai Pune Expressway to Pune Satara Highway [NH-4] crosses the Paud Road near the Industrial.

Township of . Since there is no existing road, proposed alignment of ring road is totally new alignment & passing through green field areas. Most of the alignment is passing through mountainous region which have its advantages like low cost of land acquisition due to barren land, government land and disadvantages like development along the project road throughout the length may not possible & cost of road construction will be high due to tunnels, viaducts, high embankment.

1.4 Components of the project:

The proposed Pune Ring Road, which is entirely a green field alignment, has multi-dimensional facets with respect to land use, physical features and road geometry. As decided by Client the project road shall be a 6-lane highway to be developed with expressway standard with provision of future 8-lane. Considering all these aspects the section-wise policy adopted for developing the ring road based on the initial investigations.

Development of a highway essentially consists of two components, viz. Geometric and Structural. Geometric improvement deals with visible dimensions of roadway and is dictated by the traffic and economic considerations. Geometric design involves several design elements such as horizontal and vertical alignments, sight distance considerations, cross sectional elements, lateral and vertical clearances, intersection treatment, control of access, etc. The structural component deals with the pavement, embankment design and structure design aspects, i.e. the ability of the highway to adequately carry and support the vehicle / wheel loads over the design period.

The development proposals for the proposed ring road include the provision for the following major items:  Geometric Improvements and realignments  Bypasses  Pavement  Road Junctions  Bridges and Cross-Drainage Structures  Safety and Special Problems and  Road Appurtenances

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Pune Ring Road – Western Alignment Start at Khed Shivapur & Ends at Urse (66.100 km)

The road furniture, traffic safety features and other facilities included in the design are:

 Bus Bays  Truck Lay byes  Road Markings  Traffic Signs  Kilometre Stone Details  200m Stones and Boundary Stones  Delineators and Object Markers  Guard Post  Crash Barrier

The project will also increase transportation connectivity to NH-4 Highway, Mumbai Pune Expressway, Pune-Solapur Highway NH-9, Pune – Nashik Highway NH-50, Pune- Nagar Road.

Along with this it is also proposed to have area development, real estate development, medical facilities, food courts, police stations, public toilets, petrol pumps. Other planned activities include construction of intersections/junctions, culverts and drainage works, toll plazas and ancillary structures, temporary access, diversion roads and site location for Wet Mix Macadam Plant (WMM plant) and other road construction related plants and establishments.

The offsite work includes, quarrying from nearby quarry sites, labour camps, material storage yard, earth from nearby burrow area and dumping of construction spoils at dumping sites.

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