Team Herald
PORVORIM: The Goa Traffic Cell and the Porvorim police on Monday morning started a trial run of the Porvorim traffic diversion in view of construction of the six-lane elevated corridor.
Traffic originating from Socorro was diverted to the existing service road, while traffic in Porvorim was rerouted from Delfino's supermarket side towards an alternate service road.
The North Goa District Magistrate has temporarily prohibited movement of heavy goods vehicles entering Goa and they shall be diverted at Patradevi to proceed via Banda-Dodamarg-Bicholim-Sankhali for onward journey till the completion of the construction of National Highway-66 elevated corridor project.
All heavy goods vehicles proceeding towards talukas of the Bicholim, Sattari and Tiswadi and South Goa district shall be diverted at Banda to proceed via Dodamarg-Bicholim throughout the day and night.
The Heavy vehicles proceeding to Pernem and Bardez taluka shall stop and park on the side of the road from Patradevi to Insuli Check-post from 6 am to 10 pm and shall enter Goa via Patradevi Check-post between 10 pm and 6 am.
Journalist and musician Sigmund de Souza of Socorro, said traffic was diverted from the main road in front of Delfino’s supermarket to service road.
Meanwhile, precautions need to be taken for vehicles coming from teachers training college as it can cause accidents and the authorities should find out ways to regulate traffic.
Juino de Souza, a resident of Porvorim said, “Though done of trial basis and in public interest to streamline free flow of traffic, diversion near Delfino’s signal where the traffic is brought on the service road creates bumper to bumper traffic jam, more so that the service road is narrow and cannot take the huge density of vehicular traffic. Service road is built not to divert heavy vehicular traffic and it causes traffic snarls. There is also ACDIL High School and all these issues should be addressed. It took me 10 minutes to cover a distance of less than one-km because there was bumper to bumper traffic jam.”
Wilbur Ticlo of Khorrem-Socorro said, “While travelling, a lot of traffic police were deployed and traffic has to be controlled by them on the national highway. They should have a proper diversion, and avoid chaos and congestion. I have written to the Socorro village panchayat to ensure traffic management and to look into the matter, since roads are in bad shape and traffic slows down due to potholes. Monday was the first day of traffic diversion and police have to be deployed by 10 pm everyday. Also traffic signals near Tisk junction should be in
working condition.”
On the other hand, DySP (Traffic) Siddhant Shirodkar said that there was no hindrance in the traffic movement from Paniim to Mapusa where the vehicles on reaching near O’ Conqueiro Hotel and Sangolda junction, will take service road, to proceed to Mapusa. For every new action, you will find some issues coming up and we are tackling them. I appeal to vehicle operators not to overtake. Also the PWD is also working on road roads to streamline the traffic.”