A proposal submitted in 2021 by the Public Works department (PWD - Roads wing) to the State government to build an underpass to decongest the bottlenecked Collectorate Junction on Seaport-Airport Road is hanging fire, despite worsening traffic hold-ups in the corridor where passenger vehicles jostle for space with goods carriers.
The plight of pedestrians, including employees and visitors to the collectorate, who wait to cross the junction has turned worse in the absence of a sound traffic arrangement at the spot where chaos prevails owing to inadequate width and burgeoning traffic.
Sources in the PWD said their hopes were dashed since the underpass project failed to find mention in the State Budget. “Even a glimmer of hope was lost since not even a token 20% of the estimated cost was earmarked in the Budget,” they added.
