Bridge work chokes central area in Tiruchi
While the regular commuters are delighted with the commencement of work
over the new multilevel bridge at Viralimalai Road intersection near the
Railway Junction here, the traffic congestion on the ever busy roads in
the area has become a cause for concern.
The new bridge, to be built at a cost of Rs. 81.40 crore, will come up
in place of the existing narrow bridge that has become a traffic
bottleneck in Tiruchi. The project, which will be implemented in two
stages, is expected to be completed in five years.
The district administration and the city traffic police announced
traffic diversion for the vehicles from and to the Dindigul Highway via
Periyamilaguparai as soon as the construction work commenced a few
months ago. Later, last week more traffic diversions were announced
around the Aristo roundabout.
With the closure of the road from Zonal Point intersection on the
existing bridge to the Thevar Statue Junction near the Central Bus
Stand, all the buses bound to Central Bus Stand from Zonal Point have
been diverted via Railway Junction Roundabout and Rockins Road.
Because of the latest traffic diversion, frequent traffic snarls were
witnessed on the road leading to Railway Junction roundabout and Rockins
Road.
Moreover, the diversion of the buses arriving from Chennai, Pudukottai,
and Thanjavur via Bhararthidasan Salai and take a diversion for entering
Rockins Road was causing severe congestion at the junction roundabout.
The traffic diversion was causing hell of hardship for the people,
particularly the office-goers and students, of K.K. Nagar, Crawford,
Karumandapam, and Ponnagar areas, say a cross-section of the people.
Although, there was no alternative to the present traffic diversion
because of the proximity of the construction site to the central bus
stand and railway junction, putting up with this kind of jam every day
for five years was unthinkable for them.
The only viable alternative appears to be the creation of temporary
arrangements for the buses arriving from Madurai, Pudukottai, and
Thanjavur, without entering the central bus stand, says C.
Balasubramanian, district president of the Exnora International.
The authorities could think of setting up make-shift bus stand to
function in the day time for these buses at Mannarpuram or Kallukuzhi.
These buses could be operated up to central bus stand at night, he says.
Moreover, many private vehicles arriving in the city prefer the Crawford
Road following the completion of the new flyover, instead of the
circuitous bypass.
The traffic managers should ensure that these take only the bypass and
entre the city via TVS Tollgate, and head post office junction.
Khadi Kraft junction is earmarked by the police for holding agitations
With the traffic diversion, any protest here causes a pile up of
vehicles. On Tuesday, the police had given permission for holding the
demonstration of the Labour Progressive Front at Khadi Kraft junction.
The agitation had to be wound up quickly because of prolonged traffic
snarl.
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