Pune
Ahead of the Pune Grand Tour (PGT) 2027 scheduled to be held between January 26 and 31 next year, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) will once again remove speed breakers and rumblers along designated cycling routes and rebuild them after the international cycling competition; like it did last year. “Speed breakers along the designated routes will be removed for the competition and rebuilt afterwards. This time, they will be reconstructed as per IRC guidelines. Rumblers that could pose hurdles during the race will also be chiselled out. Pawaskar, along with road department officials, contractors and consultants, inspected the cycling routes over the past two days to review progress and resolve pending technical issues. “All concerned officials, contractors and agencies have been directed to expedite pending works without compromising on quality. They have also been instructed to ensure that utility chambers are raised precisely to the road level.
This time however, the speed breakers will be recreated in accordance with Indian Road Congress (IRC) guidelines; civic officials said. The PMC will also chisel out rumblers that could obstruct cyclists during the race, with the work to be carried out through existing contracts sans any separate budgetary allocation; said Aniruddha Pawaskar, chief engineer, civic road department. These works will be carried out through existing contracts, and there will be no separate fund allocation,” Pawaskar said. The infrastructure must meet the requirements of the PGT while ensuring the safety of cyclists and citizens,” Pawaskar said.
