Four-lane Nolambur bridge over Cooum to be completed by February-end

The 160-metre-long four-lane span crossed the Cooum River astatine Nolambur, connecting Poonamallee High Road and Union Road, is scheduled to beryllium completed by the extremity of February aft ineligible hurdles affecting the task were cleared, according to the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) Commissioner J. Kumaragurubaran.

The task is expected to beryllium implemented astatine a outgo of ₹4.51 crore. An authoritative successful the GCC’s Bus Route Roads Department said operation has reached the last stage, with constricted deck-laying enactment remaining.

The span has been planned to amended connectivity chiefly for residents of Nolambur, Mogappair West, Vanagaram, and Maduravoyal. At present, commuters successful these neighbourhoods trust connected constrictive crossings to scope Poonamallee High Road, starring to congestion astatine junctions, particularly during highest hours.

Motorists travelling betwixt the Poonamallee-Avadi agelong and the Ambattur-Mogappair loop often acquisition delays owed to the deficiency of a continuous corridor.

Once completed, the four-lane span is expected to supply a nonstop nexus betwixt the 2 arterial roads, easing unit connected existing crossings and improving postulation flow.

An authoritative said the span has been designed to accommodate aboriginal postulation maturation portion complying with flood-management and river-protection norms. Given the Cooum’s past of flooding during dense monsoon spells, river-training measures and reinforced embankments person been incorporated arsenic portion of the project.