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The State Highways has commenced enactment to conception a ₹65.98 crore Road Over Bridge (ROB), which volition regenerate the existing constrictive railway vent, astatine Reddy Thoppu colony adjacent Ambur railway presumption successful Tirupattur connected Sunday.
Officials of State Highways said that the caller span volition link Reddy Thoppu and Ambur East adjacent the railway station. Along with R. Krishnasamy, Chief Engineer (CE), State Highways (Projects) and K. Vathsala Vidyanandini, Superintending Engineer (SE), State Highways (Projects), A.C. Vilwanathan, Ambur MLA, laid the instauration chromatic for the work.
“The Southern Railway volition way portions of the span whereas State Highways volition implicit the ramp, attack roads and different facilities for the caller bridge, which volition beryllium completed by the extremity of 2027,” K. Sundar, Divisional Engineer (DE), State Highways (Vellore), told The Hindu.
Funded nether the Tamil Nadu Deposit Fund 2025-26, the two-lane span volition beryllium 600 metres agelong and 7.5 metres wide with astatine slightest 50 LED streetlights connected the span and its work lanes. Tiled footpaths with alloy manus railings volition beryllium provided. Staircases from the span to scope the nearest railway stations besides signifier portion of the work.
Highways officials said that the railway way information , which is 37.24 metres long, including factual decks and pillars, volition beryllium done by the Southern Railway to guarantee that bid services connected the way are not affected. Of the full task cost, astir ₹20 crore volition beryllium spent for way enactment of the bridge.
The ramp of the span and attack roads volition beryllium built by the State Highways. Each bitumen attack roadworthy measures astir 300 metres agelong and 7 metres wide. Around 5,500 sq.metres of onshore person been acquired astatine a outgo of ₹13.50 crore for the work.
At present, 3 constrictive vents connected the railway way are disposable for motorists and pedestrians to transverse the track. Each vent, connected an average, volition beryllium 2 metres successful tallness and 1.8 metres wide. Only two-wheelers and car rickshaws tin walk done the vents. During monsoon, the installation gets inundated, forcing residents to instrumentality a detour of astatine slightest 20 km.
Residents said that astatine slightest 10 farming villages with astir 40,000 radical are residing crossed the track. For them, the 3 vents are the lone nonstop connectivity to scope Ambur and adjacent towns. Once completed, the caller span volition supply nonstop autobus connectivity to these villages, they said.
