Metro works hinder plan to ease traffic woes at Tidel Park

EVEN as two "U"-shaped flyovers at Indira Nagar and Thiruvanmiyur on Rajiv Gandhi Salai have been thrown open for vehicular movement, state highways and traffic police have postponed the plan to convert the Tidel Park Junction into a bi-directional signal.

- B ANBUSELVAN

This decision is primarily due to the narrowing of Rajiv Gandhi Salai from a four-lane road (including service lane) to a double lane (six metres) because of CMRL construction work in Thiruvanmiyur-Indira Nagar section. As a result, vehicles coming from Thuraipakkam and Thiruvanmiyur (on the "U"-shaped flyover) converge at the narrow section in Thiruvanmiyur-Indira Nagar section, leading to a huge vehicular congestion.

"At present, motorists from Thuraipakkam and SRP Tools are permitted to turn right to access Thiruvanmiyur, ECR, and Adyar," said officials from Traffic Police and Tamil Nadu Road Development Company (TNRDC).