To reduce traffic bottlenecks:Coimbatore Corporation has resolved to
request National Highways to acquire a small stretch of land between
Lanka Corner Bridge and Royal Theatre on the other side of the bridge
for widening the road. –PHOTO: S. SIVA SARAVANAN.

 

Resolution passed during Council meeting on Friday.

The Coimbatore Corporation on Friday resolved to request
the National Highways Department to acquire a piece of private land at
the southern side of Big Bazaar Street located between the Lanka Corner
Railway Bridge and the Royal Theatre to widen the section for
eliminating traffic bottlenecks.

This was among the 19 resolutions passed during an urgent meeting of the civic body which lasted just over 15 minutes.

Reading
out the resolutions, Mayor S.M. Velusamy said that the purpose was to
ease the traffic coming from the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital and
Coimbatore Railway Junction immediately on crossing the railway bridge,
which was narrow.

Modification

Further,
the Corporation was also going in for compulsory land acquisition at
Ward 37 in the East Zone for modifying the road design to comply with
road safety norms and facilitating smooth flow of traffic at the S-bend
junction where Thaneerpandhal Road, Vilankurichi Road, Codissia Road and
Gandhi Maanagar Junction meet.

Since a lot of people
commute through this place which also has heavy bus traffic, compulsory
land acquisition was being taken up to reduce the accidents, which were
happening with increasing frequency. The civic body also passed a
resolution to remove three houses that had encroached upon a piece of
land at the SIHS Colony.

Since a railway bridge
construction was under way in the area, the public were suffering from a
lack of alternative roads to reach the Tiruchi Road from SIHS Colony
and vice versa.

People are now using a road that passes through Ganga Nagar, Mahalakshmi Nagar, and reaches Tiruchi Road via Nilikonampalayam.

However,
the encroachments on these roads were causing problems for the public.
Hence the labourers occupying these three houses would be relocated to a
housing quarters constructed under JNNURM and these roads would be
widened.

Further, the Corporation also resolved to
acquire a piece of private land to create a link road to connect
Ramanathapuram to Tiruchi Road via Thiruvalluvar Nagar and Sama Naidu
Street.

The Mayor said that such a move would benefit more than one lakh people and ease the traffic flow in the area.

Under
the Integrated Urban Development Mission (IUDM) Scheme, a total of 25
tipper lorries were going to be acquired at a total cost of Rs. 1.92
crore through ‘e-tender’ process for solid waste management.

Containers

Also
under the e-tender process, Mr. Velusamy informed the Council that 300
metal sheet containers of 660-litre capacity and another 900 metal sheet
containers of 1,100-litre capacity, at a total cost of Rs. 5.41 crore.

The
Corporation also passed a resolution to widen the main road between
Kamarajar Road and Nilikonampalayam as the population in the area was
increasing rapidly, resulting in increased vehicular traffic.

The road was proposed to be expanded from the present 20 feet to 40 feet for decongesting the traffic flow.

The Mayor also informed that Rs. 8.79 crore was being allotted for constructing shops on Corporation land.

While
Tamil Nadu Urban Finance and Infrastructure Development Corporation
(TUFIDCO) was originally allotted this task, the loan TUFIDCO had sought
for this purpose never materialised. Considering the public benefit,
the local body was taking this up.