Delhi-Gurgaon commuters can expect a smoother ride in a few years’ time, with planners proposing a new 2.7km road connecting the Mehrauli-Mahipalpur Road to the NH-8 junction near Shiv Murti that would provide a third link to the Millennium City and also ease traffic to Dwarka. The proposed 60- to 75-metre-wide track is expected to be built under the ‘urban relief road’ concept introduced in Master Plan Delhi 2021 for providing quick solutions to clear bottlenecks.
Sources said the city’s transport infrastructure authority has asked the Public Works Department to examine a conceptual connectivity proposal presented by architect Sudhir Vohra, in consultation with NHAI and other agencies.
“It was felt there’s a need for a new relief road to decongest NH-8 and also to connect Dwarka sub-city through the Mehrauli-Mahipalpur Road, although this road does not figure in the zonal plan of Zone-J,” said a PWD source.
New Gurgaon road to ease chaos on RTR
This 2.7km road being planned which will connect the Mehrauli-Mahipalpur Road to the NH-8 junction near Shiv Murti, could coon see Delhi-Gurgaon commuters heaving a sigh of relief.
According to the proposal, the road will link Mehrauli-Mahipalpur Road to NH-8 at the Shiv Murti junction, where an underpass will also provide a connection to the Dwarka Link Road.
This will enable Dwarka commuters to avoid the heavily congested Rao Tula Ram Road and the airport stretch. The road will largely pass through uncultivated government land and will be complete with service lanes and other street design features laid down by UTTIPEC. The road will ease the flow of traffic at the three major bottlenecks that form on the Outer Ring Road — near RTR, near the airport and on NH-8.
“As commuters bound for Dwarka and Gurgaon can take the new road, the outer Ring Road will become clearer for the airport traffic as well as those bound for the residential colonies along Outer Ring Road,” said a source. This proposed stretch will be wide enough for trucks to pass and the direct connection to Dwarka will allow the Dwarka Link Road to act as a fast transit, as was the original plan, a source said. The urban relief road concept was put in MPD 2021 to reduce congestion on existing roads.
As per the document, “It is proposed to identify additional/alternative links and access corridors. Such links may be proposed subject to feasibility, identification of new alignment, or upgradation/ strengthening of an existing road or in the form of elevated roads, etc.” Now, two arterial roads connect Delhi with Gurgaon — NH-8 (through Rao Tula Ram Marg or Mehrauli-Mahipal Road) and the Mehrauli-Badarpur Road.
