The city
traffic unit have selected a 13-km stretch from the Avinashi flyover to
the airport where numerous traffic regulations and initiatives will be
introduced to avoid accidents and loss of life.

Last Sunday, a
16-year-old boy was killed in an accident on Avinashi Road. The city
police have sought the support of the highways department and city
corporation to implement the project but have not received any response
from either of them so far.

“We are starting a model road
project on Avinashi Road. New traffic signboards and other traffic
regulation methods will be adopted to ensure the safety of people. We
have also written to the highways department and the city corporation
seeking their support,” said Pravesh Kumar, deputy commissioner of police (traffic).

As per the project, traffic police will reinstall traffic signboards on
the entire stretch clearly demarcating parking zones, no parking zones,
accident prone locations, school and hospital zones for motorists. The
city police have identified 35 no parking areas, 39 parking places,
eight school zones, 10 hospital zones, 44 rubber speed-breaker
installation points and 10 U-turn permitted diversions.

They
will also install four traffic umbrellas for manual regulation of the
stretch. At least 60 new traffic signs were delivered on Wednesday which
will be installed on Avinashi Road in the coming days.

“We
have identified some of the accident-prone areas and will focus on them
while implementing the project,” said C Aiyyarsamy, inspector, city
traffic police. According to Pravesh Kumar, one of the most sensitive
areas on the stretch was near PSG College of Arts and Science and also near Hope Junction where there were cut roads intersecting with the main part of Avinashi Road.

“We decided to implement the project after studying the pattern of road
accidents on Avinashi Road in recent years,” Pravesh Kumar added.

As per the statistics available with the city traffic police, 165
accidents occurred on the stretch in 2012, out of which 43 were fatal.
In January, nine accidents occurred on Avinashi Road in which three
people lost their lives. The city police is planning to utilise its road
safety funds for the project until either the highways department or
the corporation steps in to support them.