Bombay road plan

Bombay Road Development Plan

1. Bombay road development plan(1961-1981) Total length targeted 10, 57 330 Km. Density of road 32 Km/100 sq. Km Additional expressway length=1600 Km Max. distance from any place in a developed zone would be 6.4 Km from metalled road and 2.4 Km from any category of road. Max. distance from any place in a semi developed zone would be 12.8 Km from metalled road and 4.8 Km from any category of road.

2. Bombay road development plan(1961-1981) Max. distance from any place in a undeveloped zone would be 19.2 Km from metalled road and 8 Km from any category of road. The length of railway track is not considered in the calculation of road length. Development allowance= 5% of calculated road length.

3. Formulae for road length calculation

4. Example Calculate the total lengths of NH, SH, MDR, ODR and VR needed in a district as per second 20-year plan . The data collected is as follows: Total area =18400 sq km Developed and agricultural area = 8000 sqkm Undeveloped area = 4800 Sq km Population distribution Introduction to Transportation Engineering 6 Population range Number of towns <500 200 500-1000 350 1000-2000 750 2000-5000 360 5000-10000 150 10000-20000 80 20000-50000 25 50000-100000 10 >1,00000 5