NHAI hastens ₹108 cr flyover in TN

The much-delayed twin flyovers project in Velachery has been fast tracked at an investment of ₹108 crore and construction work is likely to be completed in six months helping to decongest the very busy Vijayanagar junction. Apart from the land acquisition, shifting of utilities, including water mains and permissions for traffic diversions took some time and delayed the work. Both the flyovers will allow one-way traffic and have two lanes each as already five of the 15 spans of the 640-m-long first level that will take off from Velachery Bypass Road and land on the road to Tambaram near the Velachery MRTS station, have been completed. This flyover would land around 190m ahead of the MRTS Bridge. As far as the second-level flyover is concerned, of the 32 spans, 26 have been completed. The central span, which is the longest, at 40m length, and comes up over the junction, is nearing completion. This 1,200-m-long flyover would be at a height of 15m and will run from Taramani Link Road to Velachery Bypass Road, claimed an official spokesperson of NHAI.