To address the traffic woes at GT Road in Ghaziabad, Lok Sabha MP Atul Garg is actively working to implement a project to make the road congestion-free. Garg had contacted the Setu Nigam to prepare the estimate of an elevated road between Lal Kuan and the new bus stand. After a survey, it was found that the construction of the elevated road would cost approximately Rs 650 crore.
The issue of traffic jams on the GT Road was prominently raised during the Lok Sabha elections. MP Atul Garg had promised that he would make efforts to decongest the GT Road. After being elected, he initiated correspondence and held meetings with officials from the Public Works Department as well as the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) regarding this matter.
If the project is undertaken by the Setu Nigam, it would take around four years to complete.
During the tenure of former MP VK Singh, a plan was made to decongest the GT Road from Lal Kuan to Gyani Border, but it never materialised. As an alternative, the current MP asked officials from Setu Nigam to prepare a cost estimate report for constructing an elevated road over the three-kilometre stretch from Lal Kuan to the new bus stand in the first phase of work. This would help facilitate further action by both the central and state governments for the improvement of the road.
Rajneesh Yadav, Project Manager of the Uttar Pradesh State Bridge Corporation Limited (Setu Nigam), Ghaziabad unit, cited by Jagran.com, stated that a survey was conducted and a report was prepared for the construction of the elevated road. The estimated cost, according to the report, is approximately Rs 650 crore.
Officials from the Uttar Pradesh Public Works Department (PWD) have estimated that the traffic volume on the GT Road stretch surpasses 125,000 passenger car units each day.