Road users are complaining that the new roundtana coming up on Anna Salai around the Periyar statue is inconvenient and request that its size be reduced as it is preventing a free flow of traffic.
R. Gururajan, who drives through Anna Salai regularly, said its odd shape blocked the view of vehicles coming from other directions. “People coming from Sivananda Salai are coming to the U-turn. They do not know which way to go. The road used to be very broad at the junction. Now, it has become narrow. Driving to Pallavan Salai and Muthuswamy Salai has become difficult since the bridge coming ahead of it is also narrow,” he said.
M. Baskaran, a resident of West Mambalam who travels frequently to Parry’s Corner, said unless the roads leading to that junction were widened, accidents would happen again. “People drive fast down Swami Sivananda Salai to Anna Salai. My vehicle was almost hit by a motorist recently when I turned into Sivananda Salai from Anna Salai,” he said.
