Acceding to demands of the public and motorists, the traffic police are set to revert to a two-way traffic plan around Luz Church Road and Royapettah High Road with a slight modification to the system which existed earlier.
All light motor vehicles (LMV) and two-wheelers coming from R.K. Mutt Road will be allowed to go straight towards Royapettah High Road or take left towards Luz Church Road or right towards Kutchery Road to reach their destination. However, MTC buses and goods vehicles will not be allowed to go straight on Royapettah High Road. These vehicles can only take a left towards Luz Church Road or a right towards Kutchery Road.
Vehicles coming on Kutchery Road from Santhome towards Luz Junction will not be allowed to take a right towards Royapettah High Road. Instead, these vehicles will be allowed straight towards Luz Church Road-Karpagambal Nagar to reach their destination or they can take the free left towards R.K.Mutt Road.
A senior police official said this new arrangement will be in place on a trial basis from Saturday.
As per the new traffic plan, the stretch of Karpagambal Nagar and P.S. Sivasamy Salai up to Luz Church Road will be declared as a two-way with entry from Oliver Road also known as Musiri Subramaniam Salai, to Karpagambal Nagar Junction towards Luz Church Road.
LMVs and two-wheelers coming from Musiri Subramaniam Salai towards P.S. Sivasamy Salai will be allowed to take right turn towards Luz Church road via Karpagambal Nagar left or right to reach their destination. But all the MTC Buses and goods vehicle coming from Musiri Subrmaniam Salai will be allowed to take left turn towards P.S. Sivasamy Salai to reach their destination.
LMVs and two-wheelers coming from Karpagambal nagar towards Luz Church Road will be allowed to take left turn towards Luz junction or right towards Alwarpet. Those vehicles coming from Luz Church Road towards Luz Junction will be allowed to take left turn towards Royapettah High Road or straight towards Kutchery Road or right turn towards R.K.Mutt Road.
All the vehicles coming from Luz Junction taking Royapettah High Road towards Royapettah bridge will not be allowed to take left turn towards P.S.Sivasamy Salai.