Saligao circle to be inaugurated on May 9 TNN | May 5, 2015, 02.18AM IST Calangute: Chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar is slated to inaugurate the newly-designed Saligao circle at the Saligao junction on Chogm road on May 9.
Work on the circle had been launched six months ago and was scheduled to be ready last December but because of design modifications, the project was delayed. Tourism minister and Saligao MLA Dilip Parulekar, who initiated the project, told TOI that the Saligao junction had become an accident-prone spot because of the large number of vehicles using the Chogm road to reach the beach-belt, and there was a need to regulate traffic there. The new circle has been planned to smoothen traffic flow, he said. The perimeter of the 11m-wide Saligao circle will have a garden and a fountain in the middle so as to make it aesthetically pleasing. "Tourists use this road to reach the world-famous Calangute beach, so the tourism department decided to expand and beautify the entire road and construct a circle. The project has been undertaken at a cost of 12crore," Parulekar said. The project included widening of the Chogm road from O'Coqueiro junction to Calangute church, passing through Saligao. A narrow section passing through Sangolda has also been widened after house owners gave their consent for the demolition of their compound walls. The footpaths at the Saligao circle have been barricaded so that pedestrians do not walk or cross the roads indiscriminately. There will be notified pedestrian crossings at certain spots so that traffic flow is smooth. There are also benches along the promenade. Besides Parulekar, GTDC chairman Nilesh Cabral, Saligao sarpanch Eknath Oraskar, and senior officials from the tourism department, WRD are also expected to be present. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Saligao-circle-to-be-inaugurated-on-May-9/articleshow/47154833.cms * * * http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Work-under-way-on-Rs-12-crore-spruced-up-Saligao-junction/articleshow/46937976.cms Work under way on Rs 12 crore spruced up Saligao junction TNN | Apr 16, 2015, 02.00AM IST inShare SALIGAO: A new-look Saligao junction has been taking shape with a roundabout and a fountain in the middle expected to spray water into the air sometime soon, while the Chogm road, built in the 1980s to smoothen traffic to the Bardez coastal belt, is also getting a makeover. The Chogm road from O'Coqueiro junction to Calangute church, passing through Saligao, the constituency represented by tourism minister Dilip Parulekar, has been renovated and widened with 12 crore from the tourism department. A narrow section passing through Sangolda has also been widened after house owners gave consent for the demolition of their compound walls. Talking to TOI recently, Parulekar said the Saligao junction had become an accident-prone spot because of the large number of vehicles using the Chogm road to reach the beach-belt, and there was a need to regulate traffic there. The new circle has been planned to smoothen the traffic flow, he said. The perimeter of the 11m-wide Saligao circle will have a garden and a fountain in the middle so as to make it aesthetically pleasing. "Tourists use this road to reach the world-famous Calangute beach, so the tourism department decided to expand and beautify the entire road and also construct a circle. The project has been undertaken at a cost of 12 crore," Parulekar, the Saligao MLA, said. Besides Chogm road, the project also includes a new footpath from Saligao to Parra. The footpaths at the Saligao circle have been barricaded so that pedestrians do not walk or cross the roads indiscriminately. There will be notified pedestrian crossings at certain spots so that traffic is smooth and there are no accidents. There are also benches for tired legs. Though the circle and fountain were expected to be ready earlier this year, the work is still continuing and is now expected to be ready before the monsoon. -- P +91-832-2409490 M 9822122436 Twitter: @fn Facebook: fredericknoronha Goa,1556 Shared Content at archive.org https://archive.org/details/goa1556 -- -- Saligao-Net is at http://groups.google.com/group/saligao-net To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe email [email protected] --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Saligao-Net" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
