The Hindu 04.01.2014
Corporation moves closer towards laying scheme road
City’s residents and others proceeding from localities
near Perur Road to Thadagam Road and north thereof can soon skip
touching the congested Gandhi Park. For, the Coimbatore Corporation has
initiated steps to construct a long-pending scheme road.
According
to sources, the Corporation had managed to take possession of the
six-and-half cent land that belonged to an individual by getting it as a
gift from a builder, who, in the interest of the public, came forward
to purchase the land and gift the same to the civic body.
The
sources said that this happened sometime ago and at present the
Corporation was in possession of the land, which for long had delayed
the construction of the road that would link Ponnaiahrajapuram with
Chokkampudur. The area Councillor — Ward 79’s T.K. Kannaiyan — said that
if the Corporation were to construct the scheme road, it would help
road users on Perur Road to proceed to Shivalaya Theatre Road, take the
new scheme road and then reach Chokkampudur, from where they could
easily proceed to Marudhamalai Road or areas north thereof.
In short, they could easily avoid the congested Vysial Street, Sullivan Street and Gandhi Park Junction.
The
same was true of those moving from north to south to Perur or areas
south thereof. The sources said that the scheme road was 60 feet wide
and was already in place, except for the short stretch the six-and-half
cent land occupied.
Proposal
The Corporation had proposed the road soon after the present Council took charge in 2011.
The
Corporation had measured the land to be acquired, fixed the rate as per
the then guideline value and had moved the Local Planning Authority for
funds but nothing much happened.
Then, while trying
out alternatives to acquire the land, it stumbled upon the builder who
was willing to gift the land for the civic body, in public interest, the
sources said.
Mr. Kannaiyan said that the
Corporation would be able to lay the road once the underground drainage
work was completed. And this would take at least two or three months.
The
sources added that the civic body was also taking steps to remove
bottlenecks in constructing other scheme roads — nine, in all.