Two new flyovers planned for Yangon

Two new flyovers planned for Yangon

By Htoo Thant   |   Thursday, 19 June 2014

 

The government will begin two more flyovers this financial year in an effort to ease Yangon's traffic congestion, a government official says.

Deputy Minister for the President's Office U Aung Thein told the Amyotha Hluttaw on June 17 that on bridge would be built on Pyay Road to cross Myaynigone Junction, while another would be built over railway tracks in Insein.

The latter will be built by Myanma Railways, while the former will be overseen by the Yangon Region government, he said.

Work will begin in 2014-15 but the deputy minister did not state the planned completion date or budget.

U Aung Thein said there is also a plan to extend Pyidaungsu Road to improve transport between South Dagon and North Dagon.

"We have already started surveying work," he said.

The deputy minister was responding to a question from representative U Hla Swe, who asked what plans the government has to manage traffic congestion.

U Aung Thein said the government was also undertaking other initiatives, such as checking for taxis operating illegally in the Yangon City Development Committee area. Under municipal law, taxis registered outside Yangon Region cannot be used in urban Yangon, although the rule is openly flouted with impunity.

Japan International Cooperation Agency has also conducted a study on ways to improve Yangon's public transportation, the deputy minister said. – Translation by Zar Zar Soe

 

Source: http://www.news.myanmaronlinecentre.com/2014/06/20/two-new-flyovers-planned-for-yangon/