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Neelambur junction, a captious gateway wherever the engaged Avinashi Road meets the Salem - Kochi Highway, is witnessing regular postulation snarls successful the evenings, chiefly affecting vehicles proceeding to Tiruppur.
The agelong from Chinniyampalayam constabulary checkpost and Neelambur flyover is often marked ‘dark red’ connected Google Maps successful the evenings, typically betwixt 5.30 p.m. and 8.30 p.m., indicating the severity of the congestion. The evening unreserved sees a premix of office-goers, airdrome postulation and multi-axle trucks.
“Though a caller constabulary presumption has travel up astatine Neelambur, capable numbers of unit are not posted present to modulate the traffic. Vehicles parked successful beforehand of shops and aggregate ‘U’ turns are besides reasons for congestion,” said Suresh Kumar, a trader.
While a projected 5-km hold of Avinashi Road flyover (GD Flyover) from Goldwins to Neelambur offers a glimmer of hope, regular commuters telephone for contiguous postulation absorption measures, specified arsenic prevention of amerciable parking and removal of roadside encroachments, to easiness the contiguous situation.
Coimbatore District Road Safety Committee subordinate K. Kathirmathiyon said the projected hold of the flyover announced by the Chief Minister should beryllium carried retired astatine the earliest. “Highways Department should see widening the agelong if the hold connection is seeing inordinate delay,” helium said.
