On city roads, divided, we stand <a href="http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=On+city+roads,+Divided,+we+stand&artid=KgmspykeHvs=&SectionID=Qz/kHVp9tEs=&MainSectionID=fyV9T2jIa4A=&SectionName=UOaHCPTTmuP3XGzZRCAUTQ==&SEO=BCTP,%20traffic,%20RCC,%20cement%20concrete">http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=On+city+roads,+Divided,+we+stand&artid=KgmspykeHvs=&SectionID=Qz/kHVp9tEs=&MainSectionID=fyV9T2jIa4A=&SectionName=UOaHCPTTmuP3XGzZRCAUTQ==&SEO=BCTP,%20traffic,%20RCC,%20cement%20concrete</a> BANGALORE: The Bangalore City Traffic Police (BCTP) is leaving no stone unturned to bring down the number of road accidents, particularly the fatal ones. The latest attempt at bringing in traffic discipline is the laying of reinforced cement concrete (RCC) medians, which has come under criticism from the public for various reasons. Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic & Security) Praveen Sood said that the traditional concrete blocks, boulders and iron grills road medians in the city are being replaced with RCC median. “The rate of road accidents will come down by 15 per cent once the RCC medians are in place. There were a lot of disadvantages in the earlier types of road medians, which had also become a cause for accidents,” he added. Sood informed that the new RCC median will be painted with reflective paints with B-TRAC’s one-meter high reflective hazard markers at the ends and reflective median markers on the top of the medians. “The RCC median is durable and has a long life. Owing to their toughness, these medians cannot be broken or removed, as it was being done by road-users for their convenience earlier. Moreover, it looks clean,” he said. “There is no need for road medians if our traffic was disciplined. The RCC median is 40 cm in height and is laid on the roads, which are at least 14 mts wide. This can improve traffic behaviour among the motorists. Once this is done, parking enforcement would be the department’s duty,” Sood added. He said that a vehicle involved in a road accident cannot run over to the other side of the road and kill or injure other persons if these medians are put. “By April-end, the work of laying RCC road medians collectively done by the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and the BCTP, will be completed,” Sood added. Sood claimed that even after an increase in the area of the city, the number of fatal accidents have come down when compared to previous years. That apart, a project to put high-rise medians for a few roads, on the lines of Delhi, is in the pipeline. “High-rise medians of 90 cm would be put in the place of existing iron grills median. This can be done only when pedestrian facilities like sub-way or skywalks are provide,” Sood said. BBMP Chief Engineer (Major Roads) Chikkarayappa said that the total cost of the project (RCC median) is Rs 10 crore. “Out of 65 km identified in the city, 24 km have been covered,” he added