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23 overbridges to come up at level crossings

V.S. Palaniappan

The work on the bridges will begin soon in a phased manner
There will be 23 bridges in Coimbatore and Tirupur districts

Coimbatore: The administrative approval for construction of road overbridges (ROBs) across railway level crossings will make Coimbatore City, suburban Coimbatore and Tirupur free of level crossings.

Highways Minister M.P. Saminathan said at a function on Saturday that there were only 236 road overbridges before the the DMK came to power. In the last four years the DMK Government had given sanction for construction of 95 ROBs.

The work on the bridges would begin soon in a phased manner in co-ordination with the railways, Mr. Saminathan said.

The construction of the ROBs is usually undertaken by the Highways Department and the Railways only on the basis of train-vehicles (i.e., vehicles per train) ratio.

The permission covers 23 bridges in Coimbatore and Tirupur districts. Of these 13 of them will be in Coimbatore City and its immediate peripheral areas.

The notable among them will be at Hope College, Thaneerpandal, Irugur, Nanjundapuram Road, Avarampalayam, Vilankurichi, Rathinapuri, Kannappan Nagar, Neelikonampalayam, Singanallur, Sundarapuram and Irugur in Coimbatore City.

The bridges will ensure free flow of traffic in the city relieving motorists of the ordeal of waiting indefinitely at level crossings.

The other two at Eachanari and Mullupadi on the outskirts of the City will come up on the National Highway Number 209.

The other overbridges in Coimbatore and Tirupur districts will be at Somanur, Udumalpet, Pollachi, Koolipalayam, SRC Nagar-Tirupur, Kongu Nagar – Tirupur, Vanjipalayam, Chikkanna College.

The total outlay for these is Rs 368.51 crore.

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