UGD works on Kamaraj Road likely to throw traffic out of gear

Edit The Hindu 29 Jul 2016
Traffic congestion is all set to worsen on Kamaraj Road as the Corporation plans to dig the road for a stretch of three km from Manis Theatre near Hope College to Singanallur Bus Stand to lay cement pipes for Under Ground Drainage (UGD) works. Last week, the Corporation wrote to the City Police Commissioner seeking diversion of traffic on the busy road ... It would take time for the junction boxes to set and for the road to be re-laid....

Haphazard road construction puts settlements at risk

Edit The Himalayan 29 Jul 2016
Rural roads being constructed haphazardly with the use of bulldozers in Bahrabisa VDC, Bajura, on Thursday, July 28, 2016 ... Haphazard use of heavy equipment for road construction in Bajura has affected nearby human settlements negatively. A total of 23 roads, including eight agriculture roads and three rural access roads, are now under-construction in the district....

Incessant rains leave Bengaluru reeling under floods

Edit The Hindu 29 Jul 2016
Uprooting of more than 30 trees were reported from Rajkumar Road, Basavanagudi, Ragigudda, Jayanagar 9th Cross. Meanwhile, commuters, who had been bracing traffic snarls due to inundation of major arterial roads from the past three days, probably woke up to their worst nightmare on Friday morning ... No major arterial road was an exception ... Bilekahalli junction on the road is inundated as well bringing the traffic to a standstill....

CURRENT ROAD CLOSURES IN THE SHIRE (29 July 2016) (Upper Lachlan Shire Council)

Edit Public Technologies 29 Jul 2016
Upper Lachlan Shire Council advises several roads remain closed following recent heavy rains. ROAD CLOSURES ... Original documenthttp.//www.upperlachlan.nsw.gov.au/news/current-road-closures-shire-29-july-2016....

Power shutdown tomorrow

Edit The Hindu 29 Jul 2016
Central Bus Stand and Railway Junction areas, Williams Road, Royal Road, Promenade Road, Collector Office Road, Warners Road, Lawsons Road, Reynolds Road, Cantonment, Melapudur, Pudukottai Road Overbridge, TVS Tollgate, Ulaganathapuram, Usman Ali Street, Sethuramanpillai Colony, ......

Potholes galore on Gangapur Road

Edit The Times of India 29 Jul 2016
Vandana Shekhar is having a tough time travelling on Gangapur Road while dropping and picking her children from school since the past few days. Just like her, the road dotted with innumerable potholes has been giving the residents and commuters bumpy rides. "We have to actually find a road between the potholes. This road was developed before the Kumbh Mela, but the they (authorities) left the work half way....

Road/Lane Closures Week of August 1, 2016 (City of Mill Valley, CA)

Edit Public Technologies 29 Jul 2016
ROAD CLOSURES ... 8.00 AM - 5.00 PM, road closed for slurry seal. Cushing from Eldridge to Charles Dean Road - Tuesday, August 2, 2016. 8.00 AM - 5.00 PM, road closed for slurry seal ... 8.00 AM - 5.00 PM, road closed for road work - slurry seal ... 8.00 AM - 5.00 PM, road closed for slurry seal ... 8.00 AM - 5.00 PM, road closed for slurry seal ... 8.00 AM - 5.00 PM, road closed for slurry seal ... 8.00 AM - 5.00 PM, road closed for slurry seal....

KMC involves educational institutes to inspect road damages

Edit The Times of India 29 Jul 2016
The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) is involving three engineering educational institutions in solving the problem of deteriorating roads. The civic administration has written a letter to the institutions requesting them to inspect the roads, provide technical solutions to the ongoing problem and to suggest permanent solutions for avoiding further damage ... The contractors will have to repair the road damages....

AMC to take action against contractors

Edit The Times of India 29 Jul 2016
The city civic body has finally woken up to the apathy of the roads in the city and has decided to peanalize the contractors for constructing poor quality roads. Municipal commissioner Om Prakash Bakoria on Thursday said the civic body would take action against contractors and would soon conduct a survey of all the newly constructed roads to ascertain its damage due to recent rain showers....

Unsealed Roads Open and Road Condition Update (Forbes Shire Council)

Edit Public Technologies 29 Jul 2016
Forbes Shire Council advises that unsealed roads in the Forbes Shire are now open to all traffic. Council thanks residents for their understanding during the period it was necessary to restrict the load limit on the unsealed road infrastructure....

Community road safety initiatives funded (State Government of Western Australia)

Edit Public Technologies 29 Jul 2016
$64,817 for grassroots road safety initiatives. 29 organisations to receive road safety grants. The Liberal National Government has allocated $64,817 for community road safety initiatives across Western Australia in its effort to make the roads safer. Deputy Premier and Road Safety Minister Liza Harvey said the range of projects across the State showed the enormous community involvement in working together to save lives....

Walkers besieged at Anna Arch junction

Edit The Hindu 29 Jul 2016
With vehicles from all four directions pouring in, pedestrian comfort and safety take the back seat at the Anna Arch junction on Poonamallee High Road ... 117-crore-flyover from Poonamallee High Road to Nelson Manickam Road was opened in March this year, crossing the junction still takes a full ten minutes, say pedestrians ... Many times, people just run across the road, endangering their lives....

Time for strong government action as roads claim 99 more lives (AAA - Australian Automobile Association)

Edit Public Technologies 29 Jul 2016
The Australian Automobile Association (AAA) is calling on government to renew its focus on road safety as a new report shows 99 more Australians were killed in the year to June 2016 than in the previous year ... The AAA today released its Benchmarking the Performance of the National Road Safety Strategy (NRSS) which shows there were 1,269 fatalities on Australian roads in the year to June 2016, an increase from 1,170 a year earlier....
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