Pune: Daily commuters on Sinhagad Road continue to grapple with frustrating traffic snarls, especially during the peak hours, despite both wings of the flyover being operational. The travellers said the bottlenecks, often cropping up multiple times a week, resulted in delays of 20-25 minutes during the rush period, leaving people exasperated.Wadgaon Budruk resident Sunil Pendse, who travelled by the Sinhagad Road flyover on Wednesday, said the traffic snarl led to a delay of around 20 minutes. “Exits of both the flyover wings are not planned properly, leading to vehicle queues,” he said.Of the two wings of the flyover, one wing that caters to the traffic from Vitthalwadi towards Wadgaon Budruk was opened in May 2025, while another wing that handles the traffic in the opposite direction was made operational last month. PMC officials said they were working on removing obstacles and widening the stretch at the end of both the wings.An official from PMC’s projects department said, “The flyover’s wing towards Wadgaon Budruk faced frequent traffic jams after its inauguration. A detailed survey was carried out on a stretch ahead of the flyover’s end. Various measures were implemented, which helped streamline the traffic. Similar efforts are being implemented at the end of the Wadgaon Budruk to Hinge flyover wing. The administration is shifting some utilities to make space for the movement of vehicles coming down from the flyover and utilising the road along the flyover.“PMC and traffic police have also banned turning at Hingne Chowk to avoid bunching of vehicles. The commuters want all the works to be completed at the earliest.Another commuter, who reached to his workplace in Shaivajinagar late by half-an-hour on Tuesday morning, said, “The flyover was proposed as a solution to traffic snarls on the road. Despite both the wings of the flyover operational now, the situation is more or less the same. This shows flyovers are not the solution to traffic woes. We need Metro to reach Sinhagad Road area to solve the commuting woes on the road.”
