Chandigarh, May 28 -- Even as the first phase of the Tribune flyover project is in limbo after the Punjab and Haryana high court (HC) stayed the felling of nearly 500 trees, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) is planning a second phase of the project to decongest one of the busiest entry corridors in the city.

While the first phase is a 1.6-km stretch, extending from Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, to the railway overbridge on Dakshin Marg, the second phase is to begin near the Poultry Farm Chowk-Hallomajra junction, where the phase-1 flyover tapers off, and extend up to the Zirakpur flyover on the Ambala-Chandigarh highway. The tentative cost of this 4.5-km elevated road will be around Rs.350 ...