The Hindu 01.12.2010
Bus shelters to be modernised
Staff Reporter
| Work on 99 facilities will begin next week |
Set for change: Dilapidated bus shelters like this one on Triplicane High Road will soon become a thing of the past.
CHENNAI: Nearly 740 bus shelters across the city will be modernised by the Chennai Corporation as part of its efforts to make their design uniform.
Speaking at the Corporation Council meeting on Tuesday, Mayor M.Subramanian said: “While the work on 99 bus shelters will begin next week, we have also decided to modernise 640 more shelters.”
Stainless steel shelters
The stainless steel bus shelters would be designed with lesser space for advertisement and maximum comfort for the commuters, he added.
The Corporation has 741 bus shelters, including the 377 that were previously under the control of Metropolitan Transport Corporation. Now, MTC has 500 bus shelters. After the modernisation, the Chennai Corporation is likely to get higher revenue than what the MTC gets.
Locations
The roads where new bus shelters are likely to be erected next week include Dr.Radhakrishnan Salai, Royapettah High Road, College Road, Gandhi Irwin Road, Nungambakam High Road, Pantheon Road, Tank Bund Road, Bharathi Salai, Adithanar Salai, Anna Nagar Second Avenue, N. S. C. Bose Road, Rajaji Salai, Vepery High Road, M.T.H.Road, Spur Tank Road, Kodambakkam High Road, Dr.Ambedkar Salai, Kotturpuram Road, Sardar Patel Road, Santhome High Road, Greenways Road, R.K.Mutt Road and Dr.Durgabai Deshmuk Road.
