Chandigarh, civic body start process to install speed limit boards

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, May 23

The UT Administration and the MC have started the process for installing new speed limit boards on various roads in the city. The speed limit was recently revised.

The MC is going to float a tender for Rs1.50 crore for the works, which include speed limit boards, zebra crossing and stop-line markings. “We have prepared our estimates and the tender will be floated in two-three days,” said a senior MC official.

Meanwhile, the Administration has floated a tender for its road works for Rs14.74 lakh. May 27 is the last date for the submission of online bids by the firm.

The UT Transport Department had issued a notification last month regarding new speed limits in the city. The sector-dividing roads where the maximum speed was 50 km per hour (kmph) has now been increased to 60 kmph for cars. With this, the speed limit will be uniform on all sector-dividing roads in the city.

The commercial goods vehicles and vehicles used for carriage of passengers with nine or more seats now has the maximum speed limit of 50 kmph on dual carriageway roads and 40 kmph on the single carriageway roads and sector roads.

Motorcycles and three-wheelers now have the maximum speed limit of 45 kmph on dual carriageway roads and 40 kmph on the single carriageway roads and sector roads. Presently, there are boards with old speed limits in the city.