Following complaints, Madhya Kailash flyover gets smooth tar coat

Following complaints from motorists, the Highways Department has laid a bituminous tar wearing coat on the new Madhya Kailash flyover. The work, which began on Wednesday night, was completed by late Thursday morning. 

The flyover was closed to facilitate the work, causing traffic entering Rajiv Gandhi Salai to slow down. The pile-up started atop the IIT flyover. “Since there were many complaints, we laid a wearing coat on top of the existing cement concrete (CC) coat. Since CC is a hard surface and not flexible such as a tar surface, it felt bumpy and bouncy. The height of the top layer has been increased by three inches, and thereby, the dead weight of the bridge has increased,” said an official source. Fresh rumble strips would be laid to prevent speeding, said another source.