Signature Bridge should be complete by end of 2013: Sheila Dikshit to officials

NEW DELHI: Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today instructed authorities to ensure that the Signature Bridge being built at a cost of Rs 1,131 crore does not miss the December, 2013 deadline.

Dikshit issued the instruction during a visit to the site of the under construction bridge. She was accompanies by Chief Secretary P K Tripathi and top officials of concerned department.

The bridge will connect Marginal Bund Road near Khajuri Khas intersection on the eastern side and Outer Ring Road on western side.

Officials said most of the construction work will be completed by June next year and the bridge would be commissioned by December.

Inspecting the site, Dikshit told officials and the contractors to expedite the construction to ensure that the bridge is commissioned by the end of the next year.

The bridge is being constructed to ensure smooth flow of traffic across Yamuna and other major roads on both sides of river.