COIMBATORE: Known for bumper-to-bumper visitors and as an accident hotspot in the city, Trichy Road is all set to go through a revamp beneath the good city venture mission of the city corporation.
Pedestrian-friendly pathways and bicycle tracks, WiFi zones, parking spots, gyms and green spaces can be set up alongside the 4km stretch that will connect Valankulam with Singanallur lake and grow to be a non-motorised corridor.
Oasis Designs Inc, the marketing consultant for the lake rejuvenation mission, conducted visitors analysis research and mentioned the mission in detail with city visitors planners ahead of mooting the plan. “The entire junction can be reorganised in order that the roads and paths grow to be clearer. Pedestrian pathways will allow other folks to cross the road safely,” stated urban dressmaker Gayathri Muthuramakrishnan.
Though the road is broad, there are numerous encroachments that makes it congested. It does now not have separate pathways for pedestrians in spite of norms mandating them. The centre median has been set up in the sort of approach that it does now not divide the road calmly. “That makes one facet of the road slender and ends up in congestion. We will also it out and make sure there's equivalent space for all sorts of commuters,” Gayathri told TOI.
Principal architect of Oasis Designs Inc Akash Hingorani, who presented the design to city corporation commissioner Okay Vijayakarthikeyan, stated that as the road lies throughout the corporation limits, it will have to be designed to meet the demands of city citizens. “Though this can be a highway, since it's throughout the city limits, pace restrict and different such norms want to be updated. There are more than a few colleges, hospitals, bus stops and stores alongside the road,” he stated.
In the brand new design, the road may have four plazas surrounded by means of green space the place other folks can sit down. “Apart from that, we can additionally set up WiFi zones, open air fitness center, parking spaces and play space for kids. We may even set up space for vendors anywhere imaginable,” stated Akash.
As in step with the Indian Road Congress guidelines, the ideal width of a pathway will have to be 5m. But, anywhere the road is slender, a minimum of 2.Five-3m can be provided as pedestrian walkway. “In some locations, the pedestrian pathway and the bicycle track can be blended because the width of the road is not even at all locations,” stated Gayathri.
Vijayakarthikeyan stated that the civic body has finalised the design. “We have sent it to the National Highway Authority of India for approval and can get started the work after we get it,” he stated.
Pedestrian-friendly pathways and bicycle tracks, WiFi zones, parking spots, gyms and green spaces can be set up alongside the 4km stretch that will connect Valankulam with Singanallur lake and grow to be a non-motorised corridor.
Oasis Designs Inc, the marketing consultant for the lake rejuvenation mission, conducted visitors analysis research and mentioned the mission in detail with city visitors planners ahead of mooting the plan. “The entire junction can be reorganised in order that the roads and paths grow to be clearer. Pedestrian pathways will allow other folks to cross the road safely,” stated urban dressmaker Gayathri Muthuramakrishnan.
Though the road is broad, there are numerous encroachments that makes it congested. It does now not have separate pathways for pedestrians in spite of norms mandating them. The centre median has been set up in the sort of approach that it does now not divide the road calmly. “That makes one facet of the road slender and ends up in congestion. We will also it out and make sure there's equivalent space for all sorts of commuters,” Gayathri told TOI.
Principal architect of Oasis Designs Inc Akash Hingorani, who presented the design to city corporation commissioner Okay Vijayakarthikeyan, stated that as the road lies throughout the corporation limits, it will have to be designed to meet the demands of city citizens. “Though this can be a highway, since it's throughout the city limits, pace restrict and different such norms want to be updated. There are more than a few colleges, hospitals, bus stops and stores alongside the road,” he stated.
In the brand new design, the road may have four plazas surrounded by means of green space the place other folks can sit down. “Apart from that, we can additionally set up WiFi zones, open air fitness center, parking spaces and play space for kids. We may even set up space for vendors anywhere imaginable,” stated Akash.
As in step with the Indian Road Congress guidelines, the ideal width of a pathway will have to be 5m. But, anywhere the road is slender, a minimum of 2.Five-3m can be provided as pedestrian walkway. “In some locations, the pedestrian pathway and the bicycle track can be blended because the width of the road is not even at all locations,” stated Gayathri.
Vijayakarthikeyan stated that the civic body has finalised the design. “We have sent it to the National Highway Authority of India for approval and can get started the work after we get it,” he stated.
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