Long delayed Mass Rapid Transit System culvert project will be completed by the end of October

The culvert work once completed will pave the way for linking the Station Service Road between Velachery and Taramani railway stations, and provide a faster accessway to the IT corridor for motorists from the suburbs of Madipakkam, Ullagaram-Puzhithivakkam and Adambakkam.

The long-delayed culvert project being executed by the Southern Railway, near the Velachery railway station, is set to be completed by October end. The culvert work once completed would pave the way for linking the Station Service Road between Velachery and Taramani railway stations, and provide a faster accessway to the IT corridor for motorists from the suburbs of Madipakkam, Ullagaram-Puzhithivakkam and Adambakkam. B. Guganesan, chief public relations officer, Southern Railway, giving a progress report of the ₹7-crore culvert project, said with the foundation and the substructure completed, the culvert would be commissioned by October 21 once the precast slabs installed. He said the delay in completing the culvert resulted in the Station Service Road, which was paved to link the three railway stations on the Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS), remaining unused for vehicular traffic for years.