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New flyover coming up in Karur with six lanes

Staff Reporter

The whole project is estimated to cost Rs. 330 crore

KARUR: The road traffic scene in Karur is all set to shift to a higher realm with the commencement of work on a new flyover on Thirukampuliyur Road junction.

Keeping in mind the future needs of an expanding population, the new flyover would sport six lanes .

Participating at a ceremony, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) Project Director, M. Thangamani, said that the Union Minister for Shipping and Highways, T.R. Baalu, has instructed that all road over bridges, flyovers and bridges should be made six lane paths to meet future traffic demands.

The National Highways could be made four lane carriageways or even six lanes highways in the next couple of decades.

Based on that, the new flyover coming up on the Thirukampuilyur Road junction would be modelled as a six-lane fly over, Mr. Thangamani said.

Pointing out the importance of the particular spot where the new flyover was to come up, Mr. Thangamani said that from the junction four-lane National Highways would branch off to Dindigul and Namakkal, while the expanded highway to Coimbatore and the existing highway to Erode split at the spot.

The existing roundabout would give way to the flyover, he added.

V.C. Subramanyan, Project Manager of Madhucon Projects, that execute the work, said that the National Highway 7 stretch measuring 69 km between Karur and Dindigul would be converted into a four-lane road and would have, besides the new flyover at Thirukampuilyur, two major bridges across the Kodaganaru, 18 minor bridges, 12 under passes and 108 culverts.

The whole project, including the road works, bridges etc. was estimated to cost Rs. 330 crore and was scheduled for completion by April 2009. “But we hope to finish at least six months ahead of the slated time,” Lt. Col. Subramanyan said.

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