Heavy vehicles choke traffic on overbridge near Railway Junction

The unrestricted question of dense vehicles during highest hours has go a large origin of postulation congestion connected the overbridge adjacent the Railway Junction successful Tiruchi.

With the overbridge becoming 1 of the busiest stretches aft the aged span was closed for reconstruction and the Panjapur integrated autobus terminus present operational, the question of dense vehicles has been causing postulation jam connected the stretch, causing vexation among regular commuters.

Although the question of dense commercialized vehicles and trucks carrying vegetables and fruits is restricted wrong metropolis limits from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., with a four-hour relaxation from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., these vehicles ply round-the-clock successful cardinal areas.

According to roadworthy users, trucks, goods carriers, and different dense vehicles are often seen connected the overbridge during greeting and evening unreserved hours. The surge successful mixed postulation leads to agelong tailbacks extending to the Chennai limb adjacent Mannarpuram. Trucks bound for Dindigul reportedly usage the route.

Traffic constabulary unit stationed adjacent the junction look expanding challenges successful regulating conveyance movement, particularly arsenic vehicles instrumentality a U-turn astatine the extremity of the span adjacent Mannarpuram to scope Crawford and Edamalaipattipudur.

Bridge overloaded

“The span is not designed to grip specified high-density mixed postulation astatine highest times. Restricting dense vehicles during unreserved hours tin importantly trim congestion. One-way usurpation connected the span is rampant; authorities should instrumentality strict enactment to curb these violations,” said N. Saravanan, a roadworthy information activist.

Similarly, ample trucks and goods carriers are often spotted connected engaged stretches specified arsenic Chathiram Bus Stand, Vellamandi Road, Madurai Road, East Boulevard Road, and the country adjacent Gandhi Market, Woraiyur, among different places, peculiarly during greeting and evening unreserved hours.

Road users person urged the authorities to enforce designated clip windows for dense vehicles and demanded salient signage and stricter monitoring to guarantee compliance.

A elder authoritative said that monitoring would beryllium intensified connected cardinal stretches. “Hotspots with precocious heavy-vehicle question volition beryllium identified, and much constabulary unit volition beryllium deployed during highest hours to easiness postulation flow,” the authoritative said.