CHENNAI: In a bid to streamline the traffic systemnear the Chennai Beach Railway Station, the Corporation has set the ball rolling for a foot over bridge with lift across busy Rajaji Salai connecting the existing bridge inside the station. Around one lakh commuters are expected to benefit from the project for which the contractor will be identified this week.
It will be the third such facility in the city after those on Nungambakkam High Road and near Saidapet. While the one in Nungambakkam is said to have received good response, the Saidapet project is expected to be opened in a month "There is a severe traffic congestion near Beach Station and there is a need to provide safety to pedestrians using this route. The Rajaji Salai project will be successful," mayor M Subramanian told TOI.
One of the ramps of the proposed structure will begin near the State Bank of India's new building complex. The 33-m-long bridge, which will cross Burma Bazaar shops at the eastern end before joining the existing FOB inside the station, will cost an estimated Rs 52 lakh.
It is expected to be of great help to hundreds of commuters who depend on the narrow pedestrian crossing near SBI. Says R Ravichandran of Avadi: "Elderly people face a lot of hardships in crossing the road as the pavement has been hijacked by the Burma Bazaar shops. Pedestrians have to negotiate vehicles parked on the road-side and are sometimes hit by moving vehicles. Accidents involving pedestrians are not unusual here."
The presence of a number of commercial establishments, banks and wholesale traders' outlets in the area sees hundreds of workers commuting to the Beach station. There are at least 164 EMU services between Beach and Tambaram, Chengalpet 66, Velachery 136, Avadi 14, Tiruvallur 12 and Arakkonam 6. At any given time, not less than three trains halt at the eight-track station. "The number of commuters easily crosses a lakh during week days," says station manager T Murugan. The station on an average sells 40,000 passenger tickets daily.
According to commuters, the 21-m-long and 5-m-wide subway, built in 1978, turns into a hawker's paradise and peak period traffic is hit when pedestrians take the arterial road. "It is chaotic. A lone policeman struggles to regulate the crowd," says P Ravindran, head of security at SBI.
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It will be the third such facility in the city after those on Nungambakkam High Road and near Saidapet. While the one in Nungambakkam is said to have received good response, the Saidapet project is expected to be opened in a month "There is a severe traffic congestion near Beach Station and there is a need to provide safety to pedestrians using this route. The Rajaji Salai project will be successful," mayor M Subramanian told TOI.
One of the ramps of the proposed structure will begin near the State Bank of India's new building complex. The 33-m-long bridge, which will cross Burma Bazaar shops at the eastern end before joining the existing FOB inside the station, will cost an estimated Rs 52 lakh.
It is expected to be of great help to hundreds of commuters who depend on the narrow pedestrian crossing near SBI. Says R Ravichandran of Avadi: "Elderly people face a lot of hardships in crossing the road as the pavement has been hijacked by the Burma Bazaar shops. Pedestrians have to negotiate vehicles parked on the road-side and are sometimes hit by moving vehicles. Accidents involving pedestrians are not unusual here."
The presence of a number of commercial establishments, banks and wholesale traders' outlets in the area sees hundreds of workers commuting to the Beach station. There are at least 164 EMU services between Beach and Tambaram, Chengalpet 66, Velachery 136, Avadi 14, Tiruvallur 12 and Arakkonam 6. At any given time, not less than three trains halt at the eight-track station. "The number of commuters easily crosses a lakh during week days," says station manager T Murugan. The station on an average sells 40,000 passenger tickets daily.
According to commuters, the 21-m-long and 5-m-wide subway, built in 1978, turns into a hawker's paradise and peak period traffic is hit when pedestrians take the arterial road. "It is chaotic. A lone policeman struggles to regulate the crowd," says P Ravindran, head of security at SBI.
Read more: Rajaji Salai to get a foot overbridge - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Rajaji-Salai-to-get-a-foot-overbridge/articleshow/7407944.cms#ixzz1CmVuMHuN
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