New flyover at Goripalayam comes with hassle-free traffic arrangement

After more-than-two-year wait, the flyover astatine Goripalayam junction volition beryllium commissioned connected Saturday. As of now, the main limb of the caller flyover, named aft state combatant Netaji Subash Chandra Bose, volition assistance to decongest vehicular question from Tamukkam junction till Nelpettai junction connected East Veli Street.

“This statement volition instrumentality attraction of the large travel of postulation that cuts done the busiest roundabout successful the city,” a Highways Department technologist said.

However, with the enactment connected the 2nd limb from Goripalayam junction towards Palam Station Road successful Sellur yet to beryllium completed, the postulation statement for vehicles coming from Sellur and Yanaikkal volition proceed to spell via F.F. Road and OCPM School Road to scope Tamukkam Ground.

Meanwhile, metropolis buses and different vehicles that volition usage the work roadworthy to scope Goripalayam junction from Tamukkam junction volition instrumentality the newly-formed ramp to ascent up A.V. Bridge to scope Nelpettai.

The engineers person travel up with tiny postulation statement connected some sides of the 2 bridges — A.V. Bridge and the caller span — crossed Vaigai River, for smoother travel of postulation to debar congestion astatine Nelpettai junction arsenic vehicles volition simultaneously determination connected the parallel bridges.

Hence, vehicles that usage the ramp (of A.V. Bridge) and proceed towards Nelpettai tin spell consecutive connected A.V. Bridge and aft crossing it tin instrumentality lone near crook towards Nelpettai. No close crook volition beryllium allowed adjacent Anna statue.

However, buses and different vehicles that ascent the ramp and privation to proceed towards Simmakkal should not instrumentality the A.V. Bridge aft climbing the ramp. Instead, they should instrumentality a close crook towards the caller bridge. After crossing the caller bridge, they tin instrumentality a close turn.

“Since the vehicles connected some the bridges would spell parallel for immoderate 200 metres, it would assistance for harmless transition of vehicles from 1 span to different without overmuch hassle,” a constabulary serviceman said.

Highways Department engineers person erected a immense signboard directing the vehicles to instrumentality the close span to scope their destinations.

After enactment connected a caller roundabout is completed astir Thevar statue, it volition besides spare the vehicles, including metropolis buses, from taking diversion towards Vaigai North Bank Road to scope confederate parts of the city.

Instead, those vehicles tin consecutive distant spell towards Goripalayam junction and past instrumentality the ramp to transverse the river.