Improvement in road network can save travel time: SilverLine DPR
The Hindu
‘This will have a negative impact on K-Rail ridership’
The viability of the proposed SilverLine semi high speed rail project will hinge on multiple factors as the existing rail and road network is expected to improve transportation and save travel time in the coming years.
In its detailed project report (DPR), the Paris-based multinational engineering and consulting group SYSTRA, says the improvement projects of National Highways (NHs) and State Highways (SHs) such as road widening and construction of bypasses to NH 66, NH 766, SH 69, Kasaragod- Kanhangad road which are parallel to the alignment of the Silverline project will have a negative impact on its ridership.
However, the DPR suggests that if the NHs and SHs are made to toll roads, due to higher costs, it may lead to a positive shift to SilverLine. In case of NH 544, 85, 744, 966, 183, 183 A and 185 and SH perpendicular to SilverLine, the project may act as a feeder network.