The Tiruchi City Corporation plans to seek the opinion of experts from the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchi, to carry out repairs on the two overbridges at Thennur and Palakkarai in the city.
Despite periodic repairs, it is a bumpy ride on the two overbridges because of widening gaps and damages to the expansion joints. At many places, the concrete edges at the expansion joints between the decks have been eroded or broken. This has created a wide gap between the decks, endangering the safety of motorists, especially two-wheeler riders, residents complain.
Following representations from the public and a few councillors, Mayor M. Anbazhagan, along with officials, inspected the bridge on Friday. Mr. Anbazhagan told The Hindu that the bridges built by the Highways Department had been handed over to the Corporation. “We have planned to carry out repairs, on the lines of the rehabilitation work taken up recently on the Cauvery bridge by the Highways Department. We will carry out the work after obtaining the recommendations of experts from the NIT-T,” Mr. Anbazhagan said.
