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Four-lane system extended till Nandanam

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Increasing vehicle population is the reason: police

— Photo: M. Vedhan

ON THE MARK: Lanes demarcated near the Nandanam junction for the new traffic system.

CHENNAI: The four-lane traffic system in vogue on Anna Salai will be extended from the DMS complex (Teynampet) to the Nandanam junction from 7 a.m on Saturday.

Traffic police officials hope the four-lane system would reduce accidents as different types of vehicles will move in demarcated lanes. This avoids a direct contact between heavy vehicles and two-wheelers, said Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Sunil Kumar.

Last year 108 two-wheeler riders were killed in accidents involving MTC buses, he said.

Talking to The Hindu here on Friday, Mr. Sunil Kumar said the increasing vehicle population was the reason for introducing such methods. The vehicles shall move at a maximum speed of 35 km, a press note said.

A senior official, who introduced the system on a 2.5 km stretch of Anna Salai in 1992-93, said for the system to succeed, lane discipline should be enforced and all vehicles should have a uniform speed limit. Only then the signals could be synchronised.

Extending the system from Teynampet up to Nandanam was welcome as it could further segregate vehicles of different sizes and speed.

However the system required few other pre-requisites: a uniform road width and clear service lane and parking system, with prominent and demarcated space for lane crossing, the officer said.

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