Main arm of Goripalayam bridge to be ready by February 10: Highways Minister

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Highways Minister E.V. Velu, inspecting the operation  of Goripalayam flyover successful  Madurai connected  Sunday.

Highways Minister E.V. Velu, inspecting the operation of Goripalayam flyover successful Madurai connected Sunday. | Photo Credit: R. ASHOK

Construction of the main limb of Goripalayam span connecting Tamukkam junction with Anna statue successful Nelpettai would beryllium completed by February 10, said Minister for Highways E.V. Velu.

After inspecting the span work, on with Commercial Taxes Minister, P. Moorthi, present connected Sunday, Mr. Velu said the ₹190-crore task should person been completed by now.

However, owed to ineligible tussle the enactment was delayed by six months.

“We person instructed the officials to implicit enactment of the main limb of 2,100 metres, including span crossed Vaigai river, by February 10. The Chief Minister would inaugurate it subsequently,” helium said.

However, the enactment of Sellur limb would instrumentality 3 much months for completion, the Minister said.

New flyover astatine Viraghanoor junction

On predominant postulation congestion reported connected Inner Ring Road astatine Viraghanoor junction, Mr. Velu said that the Highways Department was successful the process of preparing a elaborate task study for constructing a flyover there.

The Minister besides said that the section would see constructing different flyover astatine Chintamani junction to forestall vehicles waiting connected the toll roadworthy for signal.

To a question connected anticipation of handing implicit the Inner Ring Road to NHAI for facilitating operation of an underpass to alteration runway hold for Madurai Airport, Mr. Velu said that Tamil Nadu State Highways Authority had been created exclusively to instrumentality up specified large roadworthy infrastructure works.

It would besides instrumentality up greenish tract roadworthy works.

Highways Secretary R. Selvaraj, Collector K.J. Praveen Kumar, MLAs G. Thalapathy and M. Boominathan were present.

Published - January 25, 2026 06:05 p.m. IST

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