The Hindu        02.09.2016 

Corpn. to develop D.B. Road, T.V. Samy Road as model roads

D.B. Road will be the first model road in the city.— Photo: M. Periasamy

The Corporation Council on Wednesday resolved to take up
in the first phase D.B. Road and T.V. Samy Road for the model roads
project. A resolution passed at the urgent council meeting said that the
Corporation would take up the D.B. Road project at Rs. 3.20 crore and
T.V. Samy Road at Rs. 2.27 crore.

The Corporation had
taken up model roads project as part of the non-motorised transport
scheme in association with the non-government organisation Institute for
Transportation and Development Policy. It first undertook architectural
survey works, prepared model road design and then prepared project
report with support from architects.

After that, it
roped in five firms to prepare model plans and detailed project reports
for the roads it had selected – NSR Road, T.V. Samy Road,
Masakalipalayam Road (from Avinashi Road to Masakalipalayam Link Road),
Sanganoor Road, Race Course Road, Masakalipalayam Road (from G.V.
Residency to Trichy Road) and D.B. Road.

After
getting the detailed project report, the Corporation had now decided to
go ahead with the model road project on D.B. Road and T.V. Samy Road by
dividing those in to five and four stretches respectively. On
Wednesday, the council accorded administrative sanction for the
projects. The model roads would have ducts for laying cables or
pipelines, broad pedestrian-friendly pathways and vendors’ zones.

The
Corporation decided to call for expression of interest for introducing
bicycle sharing system, taken up the integrated bus stand project in
Vellalore at Rs. 202.80 crore with funds from either TUFISIL or TUFIDCO,
urge the Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board to work for
improving water supply in Kavundampalayam and Vadavalli and approved of
some resolutions.