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More model roads in the offing

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The Hindu         01.05.2017 

More model roads in the offing

Many more city roads in wards that come under the Area Based Development component of Smart Cities will see improvement.S. SIVA SARAVANANS_ SIVA SARAVANAN  

The city will have more model roads, thanks to Coimbatore Corporation’s decision to develop roads in wards that are covered under the Smart Cities’ Area Based Development (ABD) component.

Spread over 17 sq.km., the ABD component covers Ward 23 (R.S. Puram), Ward 24 (R.S. Puram and Gandhi Park), Ward 25 (Devangapet), Ward 73 (Ramanathapuram), Ward 74 (Ramanathapuram), Ward 77 (Chokkampudur), areas that abut River Noyyal and its tanks in the western part of the city.

Sources say that the Corporation will soon appoint a consultant with the mandate to do a geo-spatial study of the area to study the length and width of arterial, feeder and narrow roads, the width of pavements, if any, obstructions such as trees and pillar boxes. At present, the Corporation has zeroed in on five consultants, who will bid competitively to take up the study.

Based on the study, the Corporation will appoint an architect or panel of architects to redesign the streets, just as it did while implementing the Model Road project on D.B. Road and T.V. Samy Street in R.S. Puram.


While the arterial roads in the ABD wards will have pedestrian pathways and exclusive bicycle tracks, the narrower roads will see only traffic calming and pedestrian safety measures.

The sources say that this will take about a month and thereafter the designing work will begin. The actual implementation is at least a few months away.

The Corporation will use the funds under the Smart Cities project. The move is expected to benefit over 1.50 lakh people who live in wards in the ABD area.

At present, the Corporation is implementing the Model Road project on the aforementioned streets in R.S. Puram and plans to implement it on NSR Road, Sanganoor Road, Masakalipalayam Road and Race Course.

Last Updated on Thursday, 04 May 2017 07:43