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Pedestrian Overhead Bridge

I drive from home to work every day using the busy six lane Sion Trombay road.For a short two kilometre ride I have to contend with 4 sets of trafic lights and no I am not complaining.

At the same time when I am approaching my office, the three lane traffic in the opposite direction carying hundreds of office goers in public and private transport have to negotiate a section, before the Diamond Garden at Chembur ,which has a popular school in the by lane.

There are no public transport bus stops in the vicinity and most school children seem to be dropped to school by private owned car's or by school buses.Most drivers have no respect for traffic lights let alone zebra crossings and this section was a chaotic crossing irespective whether you are a pedestrian or vehicular traffic.

Till a few years ago, I could see that the school going children had a tough time crossing the road and getting to school.Recently I have seen a set of parents volunteering as traffic wardens and they rally around to ward the traffic and guide the students into the school lane.

While this seems to be working quite well for the school children, the 3 lanes of traffic going out of Chembur and coming in to Mumbai is hugely inconvenienced for a period of 30 minutes, twice a day, before and after school.

What I am driving at is a long term solution for this problem.Since this road is still fortunate to have a set of unsquatted footpath at either end, it would be wise to have a Pedestrian Overhead Bridge constructed and both pedestrians and traffic can have their way and whats more important is go their own ways safely.

Any private enterprise could take up this is a public cause facility and could be allowed free use of billboard space.The problem is who will bell the cat - The School, The Traffic Police , The Municipality or the Parent Traffic Wardens.

Anybody willing to take this further?

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Haddock said…
This reminds me of the famous cartoon that came up about thirty five years ago when the big foot over bride was built outside Churchgate station.
The cartoon showed many bridges on a road and the corporator standing on the footpath says "there look one man is crossing the road there, build a bridge there"
9:12 PM
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