New flyover at Melamadai junction in Madurai to be inaugurated by Chief Minister on December 7, says Highways Minister

Construction enactment of the flyover astatine Melamadai junction would beryllium completed by December 1, and Chief Minister M.K. Stalin would inaugurate it connected December 7, said Highways Minister E.V. Velu.

After inspecting the advancement of the enactment of Melamadai junction span and the flyover for Goripalayam junction connected Wednesday, Mr. Velu said that the ₹150-crore task was astatine an precocious signifier of construction.

The task besides envisaged laying of work roads connected some sides.

“Ninety-seven per cent of the enactment of the span has been completed and the equilibrium enactment of painting, junction betterment and lighting works would beryllium completed by December 1,” helium said.

Chief Minister, who had laid the instauration chromatic for the span (on October 30, 2023), would inaugurate it connected December 7, helium said.

The 950-metre-long span would person 4 lanes to decongest the postulation congestion astatine Melamadai span connecting Sivaganga Road with Aavin junction.

Simultaneously, the enactment of Goripalayam span would beryllium completed by mid of January, helium added.

The Minister said that the enactment of Goripalayam flyover, being constructed astatine a outgo of ₹190 crore, got delayed for six months owed to tribunal lawsuit with respect to onshore acquisition.

When asked astir the mediocre plan of flyovers causing roadworthy accidents, Mr. Velu said that the Highways Department was utilizing roller clang barriers successful the bridges to forestall roadworthy accidents.

“With the prime of roads getting amended radical effort to thrust faster which effect successful accidents connected bridges. However, the caller clang barriers that could withstand 20 tonnes of unit would forestall vehicles from going retired of the span aft crashing and alternatively divert the vehicles backmost into the road,” helium added.

When asked astir the request for a caller span connected Villapuram road, the Minister said that feasibility survey was underway. Based connected its report, the enactment could beryllium taken up.

Madurai District Collector K.J. Praveen Kumar, and MLAs G. Thalapathi and M. Boominathan were present.