Airport approach options await nod

Calcutta: Two alternative proposals to decongest the approach to the airport have been gathering dust for months, with the authorities failing to meet even once to zero in on either.
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) and the transport department, the agencies involved in drafting the plans, are convinced that only a flyover on VIP Road can ensure a smoother flow to and from the airport but their views differ on the highroad’s alignment and use.
The AAI’s plan was submitted to the government three months ago while the transport department had finalised its blueprint a little before that.
“We have submitted the proposal to the state government and will hold a meeting to finalise the design. This new flyover has been planned to ease the congestion on the road approaching the airport,” said airport director R. Srinivasan.
“Both proposals have been sitting idle. A meeting between the two sides could have resolved the differences and got work started,” said an airport source.
The principal secretary in the state transport department, Sumantra Chowdhury, said: “A meeting was scheduled for the second week of January but it was deferred. We will decide on a new date.”
The project cost and other details can be worked out only after the authorities approve one of the proposals.
25/01/10 Sanjay Mandal/The Telegraph

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Categories: Airports Jan 2010