The Corporation has evicted encroachments along the road over the past three months. With educational institutions, commercial establishments and major city bus-halts lining up the entire road, the need for widening the road has been felt . The Corporation has planned to relay the road end-to-end. The widening of the road is expected to ease the traffic congestion on the road.
The entire stretch from Teppakulam to Vellamandi Road will be widened and re-laid, and works will be taken in three packages. According to Corporation Commissioner T.T.Balsamy the stretch between Vellamandi Road Junction and Kodumal Hospital will be strengthened at a cost of Rs.73 lakh and the stretch from Kodumal Hospital to Kamarajar Arch near Singarathope would be developed at an investment of Rs.70.50 lakh. The third package sanctioned at a cost of Rs.69.75 envisages development of the road stretch between Teppakulam and Kamarajar Arch.
Road median would be constructed between the Kamarajar Arch and Vellamandi Road Junction at a cost of Rs.16.20 lakh. Storm water drains and pedestrian pavements would be built along the entire road from the Main Guard Gate to Vellamandi Junction. The work has been sanctioned at a cost of Rs.48.50 lakh.
The Corporation would also spend about Rs.20 lakh for installing sodium vapour lamps on the road stretch, Mr.Balsamy said.
Work on the construction of storm water drains along the road has already begun. Mayor S.Sujatha and Mr.Balsamy, who inspected the work on Wednesday, told the Corporation engineers to expedite the project. City Engineer S.Raja Mohamed was present.
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