Calcutta, Aug. 12 :    Calcutta, Aug. 12:  Traffic jam at Teghoria; bottleneck at Baguiati; left stranded at Lake Town; utter chaos at Ultadanga. That, on any given weekday, sums up the drive into town from the airport. Not for long, promises the Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee government. Recognising infrastructure as the first step to industrialisation and determined 'to pave the path to the development highway', the authorities have finally decided to revamp the road to Calcutta. VIP Road, at present a street of stoppages, is target number one. The CMDA, PWD, the transport, housing and urban development departments are involved in a mega project to ensure free flow of traffic on the thoroughfare. 'Both habitat and traffic are increasing rapidly in the eastern and north-eastern parts of the city, creating tremendous pressure on VIP Road. If adequate steps are not taken now to distribute the traffic load at different points, the situation will soon become uncontrollable,'' said G.G. Bhattacharya, managing director, Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation. The projects lined up to ease traffic on the VIP Road-EM Bypass stretch include four flyovers, two pedestrian overbridges, one mini flyover, and a service road. Of the four flyovers, two will connect VIP Road with Salt Lake, across the Keshtopur canal. One will start from the main entry point of the new township near the Hudco building and terminate on VIP Road near Lake Town. Another will start from Baisakhi Abasan (AG Block) and end at VIP Road near Keshtopur. Both flyovers will be constructed by the CMDA. 'We shall start construction of these two flyovers as early as possible. Vehicles coming from Salt Lake will be able to avoid the congested Ultadanga crossing to hit VIP Road,'' said urban development minister Asok Bhattacharya. Another flyover, being built by the PWD in association with Hidco, will start from Baguiati on VIP Road and end near Rajarhat township. The fourth one is coming up beside Ambedkar Bridge, on the E.M. Bypass near Science City. This is part of the Bypass-widening project taken up by the CMDA. A pedestrian overbridge has been planned by the PWD at Sribhumi to cross VIP Road and then enter Salt Lake. Construction of a three-lane service road, along the eastern side of VIP Road from Ultadanga to the Netaji Subhas Bose International Airport, has already been started by the PWD. Once the service road is ready, all 'slow-moving and short-distance vehicles' will be diverted off VIP Road and almost all entry-exit points on the thoroughfare, except those at Lake Town, Keshtopur, Baguiati and Kaikhali, will be closed. A mini-flyover has also been planned by the PWD at Lake Town over the VIP Road, to allow vehicles coming from Lake Town or adjoining areas access to VIP Road without cutting into the flow of traffic. Ultadanga has been a crossroad of chaos for some time now, with traffic from the south, north and east converging at the point. According to those working on the VIP road revamp project, once the two flyovers at Ultadanga and Baisakhi are complete, the traffic load on the eight-point crossing will be 'reduced drastically'. As an official put it: 'Once vehicles from Salt Lake and the EM Bypass start taking the flyover to hit VIP Road, Ultadanga will be able to breathe easy.' Residents of the airport-Ultadanga stretch aren't ready to rejoice, yet. 'We have been hearing about grand government plans to speed up traffic on VIP Road for quite a long time. We will only believe it once we see it,' said Debi Sen, who has been living in Lake Town for the past 20 years.