[sustran] Re: Commercialisation of road space underneath flyovers

[Dinesh Mohan]

What are the reasons against? Any studies?
Dinesh Mohan

Jain Alok wrote:

> > Surprising that you are opposing something but you do not know why.
> Am I
> > missing something?
> >
> > There can be many reasons in favor of (or for that matter, against)
> > flyovers (or elevated roadways), but I do not see why the space
> underneath
> > could not or should not be commercialised. In a number of places,
> such
> > space is used for parking. At least it is better than leaving the
> space
> > unutilised which leads to unauthorised occupation (in India, such
> spaces
> > generally lead to the location of slum type development).
> >
> > Alok Jain
> > ----------
> > From:         Debi Goenka[SMTP:debi.beag at SoftHome.net]
> > Sent:         August 4, 1999 12:15 PM
> > To:   Sustran
> > Subject:      [sustran] Commercialisation of road space underneath
> > flyovers
> >
> > <<File: debi.beag.vcf>>
> > We are looking for information on the commercial utilisation
> > of space under flyovers.
> > We are specifically opposing the commercialisation of space
> > under a 1.5 km. long flyover being constructed along the
> > Western Express Highway (i.e. the Bombay Ahmedabad Highway)
> > at Andheri in Bombay. This flyover will cross over three
> > major intersections.
> > The earlier proposal was to construct two split flyovers on
> > either side of the road, but this has also been changed and
> > a massive flyover is now under construction on the centre of
> > the road.
> > Also, the height of the flyover has also been increased to
> > accomodate an extra floor.
> > Any reports, documents, references on the problems
> > associated with commercialisation of space under flyovers
> > would be appreciated.
> > Cheers
> > Debi Goenka
> >



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