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Anti-glare median barriers in city to boost road safety
The New Indian Express Thiruvananthapuram
|March 15, 2025
Experts feel such installations are a distraction to drivers on roads
IN AN effort to enhance road safety, the Smart City Thiruvananthapuram Ltd (SCTL) has installed green anti-glare median barriers along the smart road from Vellayambalam Jn to Thycaud. The anti-glare barriers are expected to reduce distractions and solve the issue of glare from headlights. However, experts feel that such installations are a distraction to the drivers on city roads.
An official of the Kerala Road Fund Board (KRFB), the custodian of the stretch, said that a similar project was successfully implemented along KRFB roads in Kozhikode. According to officials, in the initial designs, the anti-glare median barriers were not there. "We decided to include it on this stretch because of the good response," said an official source.
This story is from the March 15, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Thiruvananthapuram.
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