Demand rife to speed up widening of bottlenecked Kaniampuzha Road in Kochi
The Hindu
Demand is high to widen Kaniampuzha Road into a 14-metre corridor connecting Vyttila with Eroor/Thripunithura for smoother transit.
Demand is rife to fast-track the long-overdue development of Kaniampuzha Road that connects Vyttila with Eroor / Thripunithura into a 14-metre-wide corridor.
Motorists and residents along the road, commuters who arrive at the Vyttila Mobility Hub (VMH) in buses, Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL), and the Kochi Water Metro too have been seeking steps to widen the bottlenecked corridor that runs parallel to Vyttila-Pettah Road.
The PWD must ensure the widening of Kaniampuzha Road in a time-bound manner, especially since commuters arrive in hundreds of buses daily at VMH through the road that takes off from Vyttila. This is in addition to the increasing number of vehicles that use the road to reach Eroor, said V.P. Prasad, chairman of Thripunithura Rajanagari Union of Residents’ Associations (TRURA). In addition, steps must be taken to review the signal system at SN Junction since motorists and residents of Eroor are finding it tough to cross the junction, he added.
On their part, the civic agencies must ensure that street lights on bridges and roads in Eroor and Thripunithura are functional. They must also ensure that footpaths are built wherever needed for the safety of pedestrians, Mr. Prasad said.
Taking exception to dysfunctional street lights at Vyttila and on many side roads and the narrow road that led to VMH, T.N. Pratapan, secretary of Vyttila Vikasana Samithi, spoke of how government agencies ought to take proactive measures to ensure seamless and safe transit through Kaniampuzha Road.
Meanwhile, sources in the PWD hoped that the government would take steps to speed up the widening of the road. “The alignment for widening the 2-km-long Kaniampuzha-Mathur overbridge corridor to 12 metres has been approved and boundary stones laid. Documents have been handed over to the Revenue department to commence the land acquisition process,” they added.
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