The Hindu 23.09.2013
Link road project likely to get delayed
The Erode Corporation is looking forward to initiating
the much-awaited project linking Brough Road with the Railway Station at
the earliest. But the laying of the link road is likely to get delayed
as a private institution, on the premises of which the proposed road
will pass through, has obtained a stay order against the Local Planning
Authority.
This is the second time the private
institution has obtained the stay order against the Local Planning
Authority, after the first stay order was vacated earlier.
Thus,
land acquisition for laying this link road that will substantially ease
the traffic congestion along EVN and Gandhiji roads is yet to begin.
The land proposed to be acquired in the private institution accounts for
one-third of the overall distance from Brough Road to the railway
station. Since, the existing roads within the town are not broad enough
in proportion to the traffic density, the Corporation is keen on
connecting the 80-feet road in Periyar Nagar with the Brough Road. A
bridge across Perumpallam Odai will complete the link.
The
Local Planning Authority will have to get the second stay order
obtained by the private institution vacated. In the meantime, the civic
body will be required to carry out acquisition on the other end of the
80-feet road, where a link has to be established with the railway
station.
However, the Corporation authorities surmise that implementing the project is only a matter of time.
“We are hopeful of initiating the work soon,” said K. Arumugam, Executive Engineer.