Coimbatore: The highways department, which faced flak for changing the Avinashi Road flyover design, has now changed the design of Ukkadam flyover, that too for worse.
Instead of ending the flyover at Athupalam Junction, the dep. plans to end it at Karumbbukadai Junction, stated a city-based industrialist. Pointing out that it could no longer serve any objective, activists stated Karumbbukadai Junction sees greater than 2,000 commuters each morning on my own.
"Ending the flyover there will not serve any purpose and will cause more traffic jam," stated a city-based architect. Offering answers for this, the Coimbatore citizen council plans to ship their suggestions to the federal government.
But resources within the highways department stated this used to be no longer true. "The problem is that the toll plaza located at Athupalam Junction has got an extension up to this October from the national highways after a case was filed by the Larson and Turbo (L&T) IDPT in the Supreme Court. Because of this, the Union ministry of road transport and highways is not providing a no-objection certificate (NOC) to construct the flyover there," stated an reliable.
He stated tenders were already invited for the mission and they might be opened on February five. "This project will go on for two-and-a-half years and we are hopeful of receiving the NOC before that. The flyover will be constructed for a length of 2km and we will start from the Selvapuram bypass," an reliable stated.
The L&T IDPT had built the bridge in 1998 and made an settlement with the national highways and the state government. As according to the tri-party settlement, the L&T IDPT will care for the over-bridge and gather toll from all cars with the exception of bikes till 2018. Due to public protest, the firm used to be no longer ready to assemble toll for greater than 4 years since 2010. So, they faced a earnings loss of Rs 74 crore, stated an reliable. "We are hopeful of receiving the NOC by the end of the year," the reliable added.
City-based architects sought after to ensure that this design doesn't turn up like Gandhipuram flyover. "We can alter the design to suit our needs instead of constructing a flyover that will serve no purpose," stated an industrialist.
The Ukkadam flyover shall be 1.7 km in length and the state government has allotted Rs 121.82 crore for the construction of the four-lane flyover and Rs 88.61 crore for land acquisition as 18,526.97sq. private land and 13,291.75sq. government land. are required for the purpose As according to the plan, the flyover would have two grade separators to hyperlink Ukkadam junction to Perur bypass road and Sungam bypass road.
Instead of ending the flyover at Athupalam Junction, the dep. plans to end it at Karumbbukadai Junction, stated a city-based industrialist. Pointing out that it could no longer serve any objective, activists stated Karumbbukadai Junction sees greater than 2,000 commuters each morning on my own.
"Ending the flyover there will not serve any purpose and will cause more traffic jam," stated a city-based architect. Offering answers for this, the Coimbatore citizen council plans to ship their suggestions to the federal government.
But resources within the highways department stated this used to be no longer true. "The problem is that the toll plaza located at Athupalam Junction has got an extension up to this October from the national highways after a case was filed by the Larson and Turbo (L&T) IDPT in the Supreme Court. Because of this, the Union ministry of road transport and highways is not providing a no-objection certificate (NOC) to construct the flyover there," stated an reliable.
He stated tenders were already invited for the mission and they might be opened on February five. "This project will go on for two-and-a-half years and we are hopeful of receiving the NOC before that. The flyover will be constructed for a length of 2km and we will start from the Selvapuram bypass," an reliable stated.
The L&T IDPT had built the bridge in 1998 and made an settlement with the national highways and the state government. As according to the tri-party settlement, the L&T IDPT will care for the over-bridge and gather toll from all cars with the exception of bikes till 2018. Due to public protest, the firm used to be no longer ready to assemble toll for greater than 4 years since 2010. So, they faced a earnings loss of Rs 74 crore, stated an reliable. "We are hopeful of receiving the NOC by the end of the year," the reliable added.
City-based architects sought after to ensure that this design doesn't turn up like Gandhipuram flyover. "We can alter the design to suit our needs instead of constructing a flyover that will serve no purpose," stated an industrialist.
The Ukkadam flyover shall be 1.7 km in length and the state government has allotted Rs 121.82 crore for the construction of the four-lane flyover and Rs 88.61 crore for land acquisition as 18,526.97sq. private land and 13,291.75sq. government land. are required for the purpose As according to the plan, the flyover would have two grade separators to hyperlink Ukkadam junction to Perur bypass road and Sungam bypass road.
Highways dept alters Ukkadam flyover design ‘for worse’
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