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The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) volition formally unfastened the elevated corridor and the underpass beneath it connected the Chennai-Bengaluru Highway (NH-48) successful Arcot municipality to nationalist this week.
Officials of NHAI, which executed the work, said that the ₹22-crore underpass and elevated corridor adjacent the tri-junction of the agelong volition assistance to easiness postulation connected the engaged route. It is 1 of the ‘black spots’ wrong Ranipet territory limits connected the stretch.
“In a time oregon two, vehicles, including authorities buses and schoolhouse vans, volition beryllium allowed to usage the recently built elevated corridor. Likewise, motorists tin besides usage the caller underpass beneath the corridor to instrumentality ‘U’ turns,” said a elder constabulary officer.
The achromatic spots are accident-prone areas identified based connected reports fixed by the territory constabulary to the Collector astatine regular intervals. As per the plan, the two-lane caller elevated corridor is 15 metres wide, with vehicles from Chennai tin usage the facility, whereas motorists from Bengaluru person to usage the existing carriageway of the stretch.
“The caller underpass volition assistance with casual entree to the section market, schools, hospitals and banks. Prior to it, residents person to question astatine slightest 1.5 km to scope the different broadside of the stretch,” said B. Sukumar, a motorist.
The caller underpass beneath the elevated corridor is 4.5 metres precocious and 20 metres wide. It volition accommodate two-wheelers, cars and buses. Such statement volition assistance to trim the full fig of the existing ‘U-turn’ crook spots connected the agelong to forestall accidents. The agelong has a fewer authorities schools, healthcare centres, banks, a autobus terminus and authorities offices.
At present, NHAI officials said that achromatic topping of the carriageway connected the elevated corridor is being done to guarantee evenness of the agelong for usage. LED thoroughfare lights connected some sides of the corridor volition beryllium installed successful the coming days. Reflectors, signage, blinkers and different roadworthy information measures are besides being done.
As per norms, each vehicular underpass, connected an average, connected the road should beryllium built at a region of 1.5 km to assistance guarantee harmless crossing. Also, specified facilities tin travel up astatine cardinal intersections, crowded spots similar nutrient joints connected the highway. Currently, the road betwixt Krishnagiri and Walajapet (Ranipet district), a region of 148 km, has 19 specified underpasses betwixt Walajah and Krishnagiri, NHAI officials said.
