Uncertainty looms large over developing alternative roads to divert vehicles, when Civil Line Road and other roads are barricaded prior to commencement of piling in May-end for Kochi Metro’s 11.20-km Kakkanad extension.
Apart from non-allocation of sufficient funds by the State government, the postponement of a stakeholder meeting that had been slated for March 22 in view of the model code of conduct for the Lok Sabha polls has added to the uncertainty.
People’s representatives were all the while banking on Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) to remove traffic bottlenecks and augment safety measures, on roads that took off from Edappally-Vyttila NH Bypass, ran parallel to Civil Line Road and ended in Seaport-Airport Road. The councillor representing Division 46 (Chakkaraparambu) in the Kochi Corporation, K.B. Harshal, said that he along with four other councillors had met KMRL’s MD Loknath Behera and submitted a memorandum, seeking speedy measures to ensure steady flow of vehicles through roads that motorists would use when Civil Line Road is barricaded at over eight-metre width for the metro’s Kakkanad extension.
