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Perambur flyover work to resume

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Anna University submits new design for the project

Chennai: Work on the Perambur flyover will soon resume as Anna University has submitted a new design for the project, Mayor M. Subramanian said here on Friday.

The flyover project, delayed for seven years, was revived by Local Administration Minister M.K. Stalin but the work came to a standstill after it was found that there was no hard rock for support even below 100 feet. Anna University was consulted for a new project design.

The National Buildings Construction Corporation, which bagged the contract for the Perambur flyover, will execute the work through a sub-contract, the Mayor told reporters after the Chennai Corporation Council meeting.

The Council passed 74 resolutions. One of the resolutions was to extend the pilot project to lay underground ducts for optical fibre cables to major roads in the city.

At present, work has started on Nungambakkam High Road and Anna Nagar Second Avenue Road.

Proposal welcomed

Councillors also welcomed the proposal to provide fruit bread from November onwards for Corporation school (classes 10 and 12) students who attend special classes in preparation for their board exams.

Previously, the fruit bread was given from January to March.

The Corporation would spend about Rs. 50 lakh on the programme this year.

Foot overbridges

The Mayor also said tenders had been called to construct foot overbridges with escalators. Three such bridges would come up on Anna Salai (near Pangal Building; near Todd Hunter Nagar and near SIET College).

The Corporation will construct more such bridges if the public found them useful.

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