ShareThisHappy to inform you that we will be helping Corporation of Chennai (CoC) with design and upgrading of the Nungambakkam Road (from Harrington Road, Sterling Road to the Sangeetha Restaurant junction).
The Infrastructure Development Finance Company Limited (IDFC) joined CCC and appointed LandTech Engineers Pvt Ltd. to conduct traffic and related studies of the stretch. Topology and traffic surveys were conducted by LandTech.
Based on these surveys, LandTech engineers are studying the traffic problems, not to mention how to provide safe and convenient facilities to pedestrians. Various options are being looked at. We will then present these options to CoC and Chennai Traffic Police for their consideration. We expect this to happen in the next few weeks.
After the solution(s) are approved by the authorities, we will deliver the necessary documents so that CoC can tender and implement them. We hope this will vastly improve the facilities available for pedestrians and also, greatly improve the traffic flow in the stretch.
Hi,
When ever there is a project implemented to improve the traffic condition the planners often forget one key stakeholder, the Pedestrian. But sadly they are most important stakeholder. End of Day every person who travels in any vehicle is finally a Pedestrian. Even you travel on a BMW, you still have to get down and walk. So why don’t we bring in a ploicy level change that any traffic improvement/infra project related to road usage is implemented, there sould be a minimum percent of the total budget be spent on the Pedestrian facility? Say 5 – 10%, if we implemented a 300Cr gradeseperator then why not 10-15 cr spent for making the life easier for the pedestrians to get to the other side. We spend crores to build a bridge, bu crib to put to elevaters on both the sides by spending some lakhs. When we make the life of motorist easy, we can atleast do this for the poor pedestrians.