With the state budget also waving the proposals through, major road works, including widening of important link roads, will start this financial year itself, according to the Thiruvananthapuram Development Authority (TRIDA).

In addition to completing the renovation of 42 kilometres of city roads, widening works on another 60 kilometres will be undertaken this year, TRIDA chairman P K Venugopal said.

 Urgent works that will be undertaken include the renovation of the Vattiyoorkavu Junction and the four-laning of Vattiyoorkavu-Maruthamkuzhi, Vattiyoorkavu-Nettayam and Vattiyoorkavu-Peroorkada, he said. ‘’Activities related to these works can be started soon,’’  Venugopal added.

 The budget also has set the stage for the widening of the Kazhakkoottam-Kesavadasapuram and the Karamana-Kalayikkavila roads and the road works related to the Attukal Township Project.

 The Chief Minister-led committee for Capital City Development had put forth ten proposals. A set of five proposals were also made for the 2013-14 financial year. This included the construction of a ring road for the city and widening of link roads and all existing streets; formulation of parking policy and construction of parking areas; shopping streets and markets; providing the city with a green cover and the cleaning and renovation of the garbage-choked Parvathy-Puthanar Canal.

The 2013-14 budget has waved through the proposals. ‘’The budget has in fact set the stage for a new road renovation project after the one shaped by the A K Antony government in 2002-2003,’’ Venugopal said.