City to have two more pedestrian plazas
The Hindu
They will come up on M.C. Road in Old Washermanpet, Khadar Nawaz Khan Road in Nungambakkam
The Greater Chennai Corporation on Sunday announced two pedestrian plaza projects, including one in north Chennai. Chennai Smart City Ltd., in a tweet on Sunday, announced that M.C. Road market area in Old Washermanpet and Khadar Nawaz Khan Road in Nungambakkam will be converted into a pedestrian plaza on the lines of the one in T. Nagar. M.C. Road pedestrian plaza is expected to be developed along the 850-metre stretch by integrating the Robinson playground. The road is 1.9-km long with high pedestrian footfall in 800 metres of commercial area. The market stretch will be developed as a pedestrian prioritised street with shuttle routes planned by incorporating the Metro station and bus stop.
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