Nandanam signal to open for four-way traffic next month
TNN | Updated: Mar 29, 2019, 06:55 IST
A median being laid on Venkatanarayana Road which joins Anna Salai at the Nandanam signalCHENNAI: The Nandanam junction will be opened for four-way traffic from the second week of April, the Chennai traffic police said.
After Chennai Metro Rail Ltd (CMRL) took over part the stretch to lay metro lines below Anna Salai in 2012, traffic was disrupted and made two-way. Almost after seven years, motorists can use the stretch again from all sides.
Though CMRL started metro rail services in May 2018, it handed over the stretch to the traffic police to open it for regular traffic a couple of months later. Now, vehicular movement on both sides are allowed from Cenotaph Road and Nandanam signal. However, at least a 200-metre stretch on Venkatanarayana Road remains closed. Due to this, vehicles on Venkatanarayana Road in T Nagar take a detour to South Boag Road and Pondy Bazaar Road before joining Anna Salai or take Burkit Road and Mooparappan Street before merging with Anna Salai.
To regulate traffic, Chennai traffic police have engaged officials to build a median on the stretch of Venkatanarayana Road just before it joins Anna Salai.
However, road users, especially two-wheeler riders, have begun using the stretch. B Prabhakaran, employed at a supermarket near Natesan Park, said, “I stay at Lotus Colony in Nandanam. It takes more than 10 minutes for me to reach the supermarket which is just a kilometre from my house. Now I can reach within a few minutes.”
After Chennai Metro Rail Ltd (CMRL) took over part the stretch to lay metro lines below Anna Salai in 2012, traffic was disrupted and made two-way. Almost after seven years, motorists can use the stretch again from all sides.
Though CMRL started metro rail services in May 2018, it handed over the stretch to the traffic police to open it for regular traffic a couple of months later. Now, vehicular movement on both sides are allowed from Cenotaph Road and Nandanam signal. However, at least a 200-metre stretch on Venkatanarayana Road remains closed. Due to this, vehicles on Venkatanarayana Road in T Nagar take a detour to South Boag Road and Pondy Bazaar Road before joining Anna Salai or take Burkit Road and Mooparappan Street before merging with Anna Salai.
To regulate traffic, Chennai traffic police have engaged officials to build a median on the stretch of Venkatanarayana Road just before it joins Anna Salai.
However, road users, especially two-wheeler riders, have begun using the stretch. B Prabhakaran, employed at a supermarket near Natesan Park, said, “I stay at Lotus Colony in Nandanam. It takes more than 10 minutes for me to reach the supermarket which is just a kilometre from my house. Now I can reach within a few minutes.”
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