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Most civil work along the second segment — between Moolchand and Delhi Gate — is over, government officials said, and enforcement of lane segregation will begin from Tuesday.
From Tuesday, traffic along the route will have to move in designated lanes: pedestrians will stick to footpaths, cyclists along the concrete cycle lane, and cars along designated lane. But there will be no specific traffic signal system, as was done in the first pilot corridor up to Moolchand. Traffic will move according to the present system, officials said. As will buses — on the left of the road.
The traffic police will be instructed to ensure that commuters stick to designated lanes and challan all violators, officials said.
Officials from the transport department and implementing agencies such as DIMTS and RITES will visit the nine-kilometre stretch on Tuesday and are expected to give a go-ahead to traffic segregation enforcement.
Unlike the 5.8-km corridor, bus lanes along the second segment are already designated along left side of the road as per a 1997 Supreme Court order. The “official” visit, sources said, is meant to take stock of the situation before giving green signal to the test run. Most of the work on constructing footpaths and cyclist lanes is over, sources said.
Transport Commissioner R K Verma said, “We are going to the site on Tuesday and will see if the space designated is uniform. Since there are no medians, we have to define the lanes with painted yellow lines and check if the civil work is up to the mark,” he said.
RITES and DIMTS officials will accompany Verma in the dekko on Tuesday, sources said. While the transport department has instructed RITES to look at road-widening possibilities along ITO and the Oberoi flyover, officials clarified that space for car users will not be created by compromising on the space allotted to bus lanes and car lanes.
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