Phase II of Coimbatore Western Bypass project sees no progress

The transportation of the Coimbatore Western Bypass task from the Highways (Construction & Maintenance) helping to the Tamil Nadu State Highways Authority (TANSHA) during the implementation has affected its progress.

K. Kathirmathiyon, caput of the Coimbatore Consumer Cause, said the determination has not lone brought the task to a virtual standstill but has besides raised superior nationalist concerns regarding the connection to person this nationalist infrastructure into a toll road.

“More than 1 twelvemonth has elapsed since the administrative transfer. Unfortunately, determination is not adjacent an inch of progress,” helium said. While onshore has been acquired for the 2nd phase, the Authority plans to behaviour a Detailed Feasibility Report.

The 32.43-km Coimbatore Western Bypass was primitively conceived successful 2007 and divided into 3 phases. Phase I (11.80 km) from Madukkarai Mailkal to Sellampalayam is opened to the public. For the 2nd signifier (12.10 km) from Sellampalayam to Kanuvai, much than 90% of the onshore acquisition process is done by the Highways (C&M) Wing. The C&M helping has estimated the improvement outgo to beryllium ₹368 crore. At specified an precocious stage, the TANSHA took implicit and has projected a caller feasibility study.

The transportation of the task to TANSHA has fixed emergence to a wide cognition that the superior nonsubjective is to present toll collection, which is inconsistent with the State government’s repeated nationalist basal advocating removal of toll plazas connected National Highways wrong Tamil Nadu and reducing the fiscal load connected roadworthy users.

The administrative transportation made successful April 2025 has pushed the aboriginal of Phase II into uncertainty aft spending immense wealth connected acquisition of onshore for the project.

Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay should reconstruct the execution of Phases II and III of the Coimbatore Western Bypass to the Highways (Construction & Maintenance) Wing and commence the devleopment enactment immediately, helium said.