Ban on heavy vehicles on Pune-Ahmednagar Highway, connecting roads during peak hours

Heavy vehicles like trucks and slow-moving vehicles like cement mixers will be banned on Pune-Ahmednagar Highway and its connecting roads into Pune between 7 am to 10 am and 5 pm to 9 pm.

The order will not apply to state and civic-run buses, private passenger buses, vehicles involved in emergency services and vehicles of police and armed forces.

To control the flow of heavy vehicles like trucks and slow-moving vehicles like earth movers that cause traffic jams and snarls in Pune, the traffic police have announced a ban on entry of these vehicles on the Pune-Ahmednagar Highway and its connecting roads into the city, at certain times of the day.

Pune Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Shashikant Borate issued the order which will apply to heavy and very heavy goods-carrying trucks, dumpers, containers and slow-moving vehicles like cement mixers, road rollers, earthmovers and cranes. The order will not apply to state and civic-run buses, private passenger buses, vehicles involved in emergency services and vehicles of police and armed forces.

Heavy vehicles will be banned between 7 am to 10 am and 5 pm to 9 pm every day on these stretches – Wagheshwar Chowk in Wagholi to Kharadi Bypass on Pune Ahmednagar Road; Wagholi to Shivaji Chowk in Kesnand on Kesnand Road; On Lohegaon Wagholi Road, Lohegaon Chowk in Wagholi, and Wagholi to Lohegaon to Dhanori patch; and on Pune-Ahmednagar Road, Wagheshwar Chowk to Lonikand.

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On Lohegaon Road, the stretch from Lohegaon to Petrolsatha Chowk to Vishrantwadi will be closed for heavy and slow-moving vehicles between 8 am to 11 pm.

Change of route for MSRTC buses

In a separate order issued on Monday, the Pune City traffic police announced a change of route for Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) buses from 8 am to 11 pm. The order comes in the backdrop of the ongoing construction work on the double-storey flyover, including a Metro line at the Pune University Junction, which has resulted in the shrinking of the carriage width.

During this time window, MSRTC buses from Pune Station to Mumbai and Thane and back will be diverted via the route Range Hills Corner, Ambedkar Chowk, Khadki and Bremen Chowk in Aundh.

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