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Traffic congestion successful T. Nagar reduced connected Tuesday aft the inauguration of the caller flyover successful the commercialized area.
Pedestrian facilities and parking spaces successful the commercialized country person improved in the country owing to the inauguration of the flyover. Traffic police permitted motorcycles to parkland on the agelong of Usman Road from Burkit Road junction to Sarojini Street. Over 200 further slots for parking motorcycles were opened connected Tuesday aft the inauguration of the flyover by Chief Minister M.K.Stalin. GCC and Traffic Police person decided to let lone motorcycles successful the parking tons portion cars volition not beryllium allowed to parkland successful the stretch.
After GCC created wider pedestrian spaces adjacent the junction of Usman Road and Ranganathan Street, congestion reduced successful respective stretches. “There is much abstraction to locomotion aft the inauguration of the caller flyover,” said A. Purushothaman, a resident. “The GCC should forestall encroachments,” helium said.
R. Saravanan, who crosses the congested agelong frequently, said the announcement successful the erstwhile fund of the Chennai Corporation to nexus the 2 flyovers connected North Usman Road and South Usman Road is apt to easiness postulation congestion.
T. Nagar nonmigratory V.S. Jayaraman said: “The buses destined to scope T. Nagar Bus Depot from Saidapet, usage the work lane of the flyover. Such buses volition person nary stops betwixt CIT Nagar and North Usman Road. Similarly, the buses which spell done the flyover from North Usman Road volition person nary halt till CIT Nagar. As a result, the commuters bound for T. Nagar autobus basal from either broadside will have to alight astatine either of these stops and walk. It is presumed that 47 bid buses volition usage the flyover and, successful which case, the commuters volition person to beryllium connected stock autos from Burkit roadworthy to scope the places specified arsenic Thanikachalam Road, Pondy Bazaar, Dr Nair Road, Kamarajar illam Vidhyodaya, Valluvar kottam, which are presently covered by the 47 bid buses. The congestion connected the Burkit Road and Madley Road volition stay arsenic buses going retired of T.Nagar volition usage the ramps provided on some sides of the flyover,” helium said.
On Tuesday, insignificant postulation congestion with slower travel of postulation was reported adjacent the ramp towards Anna Salai. Similarly, mild delays without important disruption of postulation was reported adjacent the ramp towards the North Usman Road flyover. Residents person demanded extension of the North Usman Road flyover by connecting with the South Usman Road, to marque the operation widen from 2 km to 5.5 km. During the erstwhile AIADMK regime, erstwhile Mayor Saidai Duraisamy had announced the linking of North Usman Road and South Usman Road flyover successful the Chennai Corporation Budget 2012-13. But the task was shelved aft residents and traders opposed it owing to fearfulness of onshore acquisition. The residents and traders are apt to enactment the task present arsenic the GCC has successfully demonstrated that the task could beryllium implemented without onshore acquisition, by amended plan of the ramps. Advanced exertion could beryllium utilized to implicit the task successful six months, officials said.
Residents person besides demanded that the GCC and metrowater resoluteness sewage issues successful the country reportedly caused by assorted infrastructure projects successful T. Nagar.
