Chennai: One arm of Kilkattalai flyover to be ready by February – Times of India

CHENNAI: One arm of the flyover on Thorappakkam-Pallavaram radial road at Kilkattalai junction will be open for public in mid-February. About 50% of the congestion at the junction is expected to reduce once the 700-metre arm is opened.
A senior state highways department official said 95% of work on the flyover, delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic and rain from the northeast monsoon, was completed.
The project is expected to be ready by the first week of next month and chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami is expected to inaugurate it a week later.
Asked about the progress of work on the flyovers at Velachery and Medavakkam ones, the official said the two projects were still best with problem including of land acquisition.
At Velachery, realignment of the Metrowater pipeline and sewer line, which had caused the delay, was a major issue. Also, work on the two-level flyover is more complex because construction at the higher level can be taken up only when work on the one below is completed, the official said.
In May, when the ?186 crore Velachery flyover is thrown open to the public, motorists can finally breathe easy. Currently sweating out in long lines of stranded vehicles, they can breeze through to Taramani, Tambaram or Saidapet and vice versa. The junction is a key link to the IT corridor for residents of several interior areas.
Similar is the situation at Medavakkam where the 2.3km long flyover, the longest in the city, is coming up. Given its proximity to Sholinganallur and a few other areas along the IT Corridor, reducing congestion was a major issue. With scores of residential colonies having sprung up in the vicinity, vehicles stretching for lines in all directions during the morning and evening rush hour became common.
Constructing a flyover at the junction had been a long standing demand of people in the area.