The Times of India                08.01.2014 

Speed breakers on Chennai roads that fail to meet standards to be replaced

CHENNAI: The Chennai Corporation plans to come up with three models of speed breakers for roads of different traffic intensities.

Speed breakers across the city that fail to meet the Indian Road Congress's standards are being identified and will be replaced with the new ones.

The three models of speed breakers designed according to Indian Road Congress standards will be built for vehicles to drive over it with a speed limit of 10 kmph, 15 kmph and 25 kmph. "We will decide on the type of speed breaker to install based on the amount of traffic the road sees," said a senior corporation official. The speed breakers would be installed close to schools, hospitals and at accident prone road junctions, said a statement from the civic body.

An expert committee has also been formed in every zone to identify all the illegal speed breakers on interior roads across the city.

"Speed breakers which have not been laid by us or the traffic police will be removed. Rubber speed breakers and badly built ones will be removed and replaced with new standard ones," said a senior corporation source.

A separate committee, consisting of the superintendent engineer, traffic inspector, an NGO and a few others will study the speed breakers on bus routes.