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A year later in 2016, a suitable time and prevailing codes for aware that in an active conflict
straight stretch of Agra-Lucknow highway design did not specify situation, civilian movement can
expressway near Bangarmau details either. However, stringent severely be restricted or strictly
- UP, still in the construction requirements of the IAF were prohibited. After Bangarmau
phase, was selected to be made available to design and airstrip, many locations across the
designed as a secondary airfield construct the country’s first ever nation were selected for design
or runway for use by IAF during dual facility. These documents and construction of dual facility.
emergencies. It is India’s first- have restricted access for public Designs consideration for
ever dual facility by design. consumption. traffic control, traffic safety
Here we are talking about and road furniture of any road
India’s first dual facility traffic control requirements to infrastructure project typically
by design run the roadway during regular follows the project’s technical
operations and dual facility, specifications and prevailing codes
Even though the IAF jet with Bangarmau airstrip as an and guidelines by Indian Roads
landing of an expressway had example. It also presents a need Congress. Design of traffic control
happened a year ago, there was for a set of standards that is and safety devices in India is
no integration of the design required to be established to based on various IRC codes, such
requirements of the required develop more facilities for dual as IRC:67 for signages, IRC:35
runway facility at the conceptual usage at strategic locations. for pavement markings and
level of Agra-Lucknow expressway Readiness in terms of civilian four lane and six lane highways
project. It was added as an vehicular traffic on diversion and expressway manuals along
infrastructure requirement after roads parallel to runway during with various safety codes and
the project was awarded. Specific operations is something that MORTH guidelines. Furthermore,
codes and guidelines did not needs to be addressed in the international codes such as
exist for a dual facility at that same guideline while being fully AASHTO, MUTCD, and DMRB are
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