New Pavements With Lane Eating Into Road Space, LG Frowns Megha Suri Singh | TNN New Delhi: The new design of pavements being constructed on several arterial roads as part of the ongoing streetscaping has become a cause for traffic jams. The new pavements have dedicated tracks for non-motorized vehicles which has taken away almost one lane of road space. Fearing a repeat of the BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) jams, the traffic police are up in arms against the design and have even got construction stopped at locations like Bhishma Pitamah Marg and opposite Old Delhi railway station. The LG office reviewed the matter on Monday and from now on, cycle tracks will only come up on arterial roads where carriageway space meant for movement of vehicles is not being compromised. The new pavements have been designed along with cycle tracks for which the civic agencies have taken over a portion of the main road as well. The width of the pavements has almost been doubled on the affected stretches and the extra road space has been taken from road space which was earlier being used for traffic flow. The reduced road width is already causing congestion at several stretches such as Bhishma Pitamah Marg near Sai Baba Mandir, Prahladpur Road and Mehrauli Badarpur Road, the road leading to Old Delhi railway station and Lodhi Road. According to sources, the civic bodies didn