Gurgaon: With traffic building up along the Southern Peripheral Road (SPR), GMDA is planning to construct service roads across sectors 70-70A and 70-75 to improve commute on the internal road network and ease pressure on the arterial stretch.The proposed stretch spans around 3.5 km. These roads are expected to improve last-mile connectivity.“We are aiming to improve internal sector road connectivity. The detailed project report is under preparation. Once approved, a tender will be floated,” a senior GMDA official said. The project estimate is currently being prepared, he added.The push comes as SPR is set for major redevelopment. Officials said strengthening parallel routes and internal sector roads will be critical to handle traffic diversions during construction and avoid congestion.In addition, GMDA has floated a tender to complete a long-pending missing link on the dividing road between sectors 68 and 69. The 900-metre stretch is expected to provide a key connection between Sohna Road and sectors 68, 69, 70, 70A and 75. This will act as an alternative to SPR, which sees heavy traffic movement through the day.The project has faced years of delay. Work on the 2 km road began in 2019 but only 1.1 km was completed by 2022. The remaining portion was stalled due to land acquisition issues, which were resolved recently.The project is now pegged at Rs 25.3 crore. Once awarded, it is expected to be completed within a year.Officials said the pending stretch will have dual carriageways and a service lane on one side. Green belts, cycle tracks and footpaths. are also part of the plan for the road. The already built 1.1 km section, especially near the junction of sectors 70/70A and 68/69, will be repaired as part of the project.“We have floated the tender for the missing link between sectors 68 and 69. Once complete, the entire 5 km corridor will act as an alternative to SPR for commuters heading towards Sohna Road. It will also improve connectivity between sectors 58 and 75,” the official said.While the traffic management measures and service lanes have been planned along SPR as part of the redevelopment project between Vatika Chowk and NH-48, internal roads are being strengthened to distribute traffic more evenly, the official said.In March this year, GMDA floated the tender for the first phase of the proposed elevated corridor along SPR, between Vatika Chowk and NH-48, at an estimated cost of Rs 755 crore. The eight-lane elevated corridor will take at least 30 months to complete once the project is allotted to the agency.Meanwhile, residents have welcomed the development. “SPR is already heavily congested, especially during peak hours. The situation worsens near Power Grid junction, DLF Alameda junction and American Express junction, where traffic tends to become a bottleneck. Without strengthening internal roads and service lanes, any redevelopment work will only add to the chaos. But the plan needs to be executed in a planned manner,” said Rajat Srivastava, a resident of Sector 70A.
