Cyberabad police have begun examining a one-way traffic system for parts of Hyderabad’s HITEC City and Biodiversity Corridor to ease peak-hour congestion, but officials said no final decision has been taken on implementation.
Cyberabad police commissioner Dr M. Ramesh led a field inspection with joint commissioner of police (Traffic) Sunpreet Singh, traffic police officials, representatives of the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation and the chief executive officer of the Society for Cyberabad Security Council. The team assessed traffic conditions at Biodiversity Junction, IKEA, T-Works, Qualcomm and Dallas Centre Road.
The proposed one-way corridor would cover Biodiversity Junction, Mindspace Rotary, Times Square Road, Knowledge City Road, Qualcomm and Dallas Centre Road. Officials reviewed traffic movement, road conditions and major conflict points along the stretch as part of the feasibility exercise.
The police said the proposed arrangement is intended to reduce traffic conflicts, improve the flow of vehicles and ease congestion around major office, commercial and institutional destinations. The locations inspected include areas serving T-Hub, IKEA, Knowledge City, Qualcomm and the wider Biodiversity Junction network.
Dr Ramesh directed officials to prepare a detailed report supported by a comprehensive traffic-flow study. The report will identify bottlenecks and conflict points and include visual documentation of conditions on the corridor.
Officials have also been asked to conduct a block-wise assessment of buildings contributing to traffic pressure. The exercise will examine the estimated traffic impact of each building, the number of vehicles generated, the availability of parking facilities and the capacity of those facilities.
The building-level assessment places parking and vehicle generation alongside road design in the police review. This is significant for a corridor where large office and commercial developments operate in close proximity and where traffic demand is concentrated during peak hours. However, the supplied report does not specify the number of buildings to be assessed, the traffic volumes recorded during the inspection or the proposed alternative routes.
The proposed one-way system is still at a preliminary stage. The commissioner said a final decision on implementation, including alternative routes and other traffic arrangements, would be taken only after the comprehensive study is completed.
The next formal step is therefore the preparation of the traffic-flow report, which will determine whether the one-way arrangement is feasible and what supporting changes may be required across the identified corridor.
