The Kerala government will soon decide on constructing flyovers at the extremely congested Vyttila, Palarivattom and Kundanoor junctions in Kochi city, the State Minister for Public Works VK Ebrahim Kunju said on May 27. The State Cabinet will decide it within a fortnight. As for the Edappally flyover, the DMRC is expected to begin work within four months and complete it within 18 months, he said, following a PWD review meeting held in Kochi on May 27.
The four flyovers are crucial since traffic diversion from Edappally and other parts of Kochi metro railÂ’s alignment is expected to begin within a few days. The Circle Inspector of City Traffic Police, Edappally, TR Jayakumar said that barricades are being erected near Changampuzha Park, to cordon off the metroÂ’s work site and to streamline vehicle flow. The Palarivattom NH bypass junction is expected to bear the brunt of diversion as heavy vehicles are diverted from Edappally through the NH bypass.
The steps initiated by the PWD to redesign Edappally junction have temporarily decongested the junction, even though the agency did not make optimal use of the vacant land available at the bell mouths. All through the past years, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has not taken any measures to redesign the four congested junctions on the Edappally-Kundanoor stretch of the bypass.
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