Chennai Corporation to set up pedestrian-friendly crossings to improve road safety
The Hindu
Chennai Corporation plans pedestrian-friendly crossings to enhance safety at busy junctions, addressing residents' concerns for improved road facilities.
The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has planned to develop pedestrian-friendly crossings at junctions and at locations with rising footfall in the city to promote road safety.
Residents have demanded the Corporation to identify road safety issues and promote pedestrian-friendly crossings, as meetings pertaining to the new road safety policy are set to be scheduled in the coming days.
Councillors in GCC wards have demanded a survey of all tri-junctions, four junctions, and five junctions for implementing pedestrian-friendly crossings.
Egmore Ward 61 councillor Fathima Muzaffer said the safety of pedestrians is compromised at the tri-junctions of Ethiraj College, Pantheon Road, Casa Major Road and Gandhi Irwin Road, particularly for senior citizens and children.
“The pedestrian foot overbridge is not feasible. We need better alternatives and engineering-driven solutions. Pedestrians cannot cross the road near Maternity Hospital near the ramp of the overbridge. GCC should complete the survey of all junctions for pedestrian-friendly crossings,” she said.
Pedestrians do not have adequate facilities to cross road junctions designed by GCC such as Pantheon Road - Police Commissioner Office Road - Rukmani Lakshmipathi Salai. Officials said civic authorities and the traffic police will identify locations that need such facilities.
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