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Ondipudur flyover will be open to traffic by March-end, says Minister

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It is being constructed at a cost of Rs. 16.5 crore

FLYOVER TOO FAR?: Highways Minister M.P. Swaminthan (right) inspecting the Ondipudur flyover on Sunday along with Coimbatore Collector Neeraj Mittal (left) and Deputy Mayor N. Karthik (middle). — Photo: M. Periasamy

COIMBATORE: The flyover at Ondipudur will be open to traffic by the end of March next year, Minister for Highways M.P. Swaminathan said here on Sunday. The one coming up on the Sungam Bypass Road (along Valankulam) would be put in use by the end of April, he said after inspecting both structures along with Collector Neeraj Mittal and officials of the Highways Department.

Both flyovers were being constructed over the railway line as a solution to the traffic bottleneck at these points.

The flyover at Ondipudur was being constructed at Rs. 16.50 crore. The State's share was Rs. 58 lakh and the rest was the Railways' contribution. The cost of the flyover on Sungam Bypass Road was Rs. 15.40 crore and the State Government's share was Rs. 38 lakh.

Work progressing

He said the Railways' work on the Ondipudur flyover was progressing fast. The State's Highways Department would begin its work in 15 days from the completion of the one by the Railways.

At the present pace of work, the flyover could be opened to traffic by the end of March. The Highways' work on the Sungam Bypass Road flyover would begin by the end of January.

Assurance

The Minister's announcement came as an assurance to the city that had been agonised by the delay in the completion of the flyovers. With long-distance buses, trucks and other vehicles forced to take a detour through Irugur, areas unused to heavy traffic were put to hardship owing to the delay.

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