Vasco MLA Krishna Salkar on Friday inspected the road-widening work at Uddi-Belabai along with Ward 16 Councillor Girish Borkar. Salkar later directed the contractors to carry out further necessary alterations to rule out and eliminate all bottlenecks on the turns, so that traffic congestion and accidents are avoided.
Sallar said the road, once widened, will facilitate ease of movement of traffic between Vasco and areas of Belabai, Mestawada, Orulem and Baina.
“These roads were very narrow and we had only a 3-metre road where we witnessed constant traffic jams and minor accidents. The railways then began works on their expansion and locals feared that they would lose their houses and the roads would have been more narrow,” said Salkar.
“We then arrived at a solution between Railways and local residents and finally we got the railways to offer us a bigger road of 6 meters and this is become a reality. We, however, have small bottlenecks which will be further improvised with the support of Railways,” said Salkar.
Ward councillor Girish Borker said final touches were being given to the widened road.
“There was a very narrow road earlier and we then met the locals and railways for series of joint meetings. We will now have a widened road within a span of 3-4 months and I request people not to have their gardens along the road or create any encroachment along the road that could cause congestion and inconvenience to pedestrians and motorists,” said Borker.
