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The Water Resources Department (WRD) volition make the caller roadworthy projected betwixt the M.G.R. Statue Junction and Sunnambukaranpatti, on the Uyyakondan stream slope successful Tiruchi.
The roadworthy was conceived chiefly arsenic an alternate to the heavy congested Vayalur Road successful the city, which has been struggling to accommodate the precocious measurement of traffic.
Initially, the enactment was planned to beryllium executed by the Projects Wing of the Department of Highways, which had prepared the Detailed Project Report. However, it has present been decided that the roadworthy volition beryllium developed by the WRD, which has jurisdiction implicit the bunds on the river, authoritative sources said.
The task was announced by Chief Minister M.K. Stalin successful 2021. It aims to service arsenic an alternate way to the Tiruchi-Kuzhumani-Jeeyapuram Road, a large territory roadworthy (MDR-461), and the Allithurai-Thogamalai Road (MDR-12) arsenic well.
The caller two-lane road, with a width of 7.5 metres, is projected to developed astatine full outgo of ₹186 crore, including astir ₹65 crore earmarked for onshore acquisition. According to sources, astir 40,000 sq. m of lands would beryllium acquired astatine a fewer places on the stream bund.
The roadworthy is acceptable to nexus the metropolis to the interior nexus roadworthy being developed on the Koraiyar and Kudamuritti stream banks by the Tiruchi Corporation and the semi ringing roadworthy to beryllium developed by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), connecting the large nationalist highways astir the city.
The roadworthy volition beryllium built arsenic an elevated operation portion crossing the Puthur Weir and aqueduct, the confluence constituent of the Uyyakondan, the Koraiyar, and the Kudamuritti rivers, adjacent the Kuzhumayi Amman Temple successful the city. It volition see a high-level rotary connecting the caller nexus roadworthy being built by the Tiruchi Corporation on the Koraiyar bund from Panjapur (near the Integrated Bus Stand) to the Karur Highway.
City residents person agelong been seeking the improvement of the roadworthy arsenic the constrictive Vayalur Main Road has been struggling to cater to the accelerated urbanisation successful caller years. According to the sources, the task would beryllium taken up erstwhile the administrative authorisation is obtained.
