Planners seek suggestions for Esplanade project

“Under the project,concrete pre-casts a few metres higher than the road level will be constructed to facilitate easier movement for the pedestrians,” said Brinda Somaya,managing director,Somaya and Kalappa Consultants. The pedestrians would not have to stop at traffic signals as they will have a free elevated pathways to walk on,she said.

Somaya said the project will include creating depressions in roads to facilitate the elevated pathway. Also,the underpasses outside stations and roads between maidans will ensure that vehicular traffic goes below,creating walking spaces above.

The urban planners’ proposal has yet not got the nod from the state government empowered committee. “We hope to get help from the corporate sector and work out a public-private partnership to fund this project,” said Somaya.

A three-day exhibition explaining the project started at Horniman Circle on Thursday.