With no end in sight to the traffic chaos in Seaport-Airport Road, NATPAC would submit a study report in September-end to the government on decongesting the 2-km Olimugal Junction-Collectorate Junction corridor, the bottlenecked portion on the road where traffic snarls are acute.
This follows a survey carried out recently by NATPAC, at the behest of Thrikkakara Development Forum, MVD, and the Thrikkakara Municipality. With PWD (Roads wing) not widening the Bharat Matha College-Irumpanam stretch on the road, the Thrikkakara Vikasana Samity had earlier this year suggested the construction of a flyover in the Olimugal-CSEZ corridor, to ensure steady and safe movement of motorists and pedestrians. It also demanded widening of narrow junctions prior to the commencement of piling for Kochi Metro’s Kakkanad extension.
“Our focus will be on decongesting five junctions in the corridor, for which clock-wise movement of vehicles will help. This will also do away with the need for signals at junctions,” said B. Anish Kini, scientist in charge of the Kochi regional centre of NATPAC.
