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Moving Footbridge, New Parkomat For The City

8 new footbridges with moving stairs and 5 underground parkomat would
be constructed in the city to speed up the movements of cars.

The new footbridges will be constructed at Esplanade East (in front of
K C Das), Dorina Crossing, Lalbazar, Moulali More, M G Road-College
Street More, M G Road-Central Avenue crossing, Central Avenue-B B
Ganguly Street connector, Central Avenue-Ganesh Avenue crossing.

Parkomats will he constructed at Shraddhananda Park, Hazra Park, Ganja
Park, Trikon Park. The fifth site would be decided later. -
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The plus point of these projects : all the footbridges would have
escalators for the benefit of aged and handicapped.
A. B.

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