Work on much-awaited bypass road begins
The Hindu
The civic work has started on the much-awaited bypass road to link the western arm of the flyover on 100-feet Road to the service road near the railway over-bridge at Arumparthapuram
The civic work has started on the much-awaited bypass road to link the western arm of the flyover on 100-feet Road to the service road near the railway over-bridge at Arumparthapuram.
The project is expected to be completed by August 2024, according to an official of the Public Works Department (PWD).
The need for a bypass road was felt for long, with the arterial Villupuram Road that runs through the city gets heavily congested on the stretch from Moolakulam to Indira Gandhi Square, especially at peak hours.
The PWD proposed the bypass road project in 2010 to keep vehicles coming from Cuddalore and Villupuram from the city. It had proposed a bypass road with a width of 100 feet. However, it reduced the width to 75 feet subsequently .
The project cost is ₹26 crore with financial assistance from the Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO).
According to an official, the project was held up mainly by problems in acquiring land at four revenue villages: Olandai, Reddiyarpalayam, Kurumbapet and Odiampet.
“The government had acquired the right of way for about 22 metres on the stretch. A mud road was laid from the western arm of the flyover on the 100-feet Road to a distance of 2.25 km. But differences in fixing prices for two revenue villages meant a few residents moved court. This put the project in trouble. The issue was resolved after the government set ₹39 crore as the compensation to the landowners,” the official added.