Six lanes Thiruvanmiyur- Akkarai road back on track

The much delayed six-lane stretch of East Coast Road from Thiruvanmiyur to Akkarai has recently been placed on fast track with the preparing of the detailed project. The officials have now taken a relook at the feasibility of a grade separator at Thiruvanmiyur, a bus depot and workshop, Marundeeswarar Temple and a number of commercial outlets and apartments in the area creating space constraints. The agency is reconsidering the grade separator plan as a grade separator at Akkarai would ease traffic congestion on ECR. The plan is to ensure signal-free, smooth traffic to and from Sholinganallur, which is congested due to motorists heading to ECR from OMR and Tambaram. The department has identified 8.935 hectares of land to be acquired from 737 landowners for widening both sides of the four-lane stretches of villages Thiruvanmiyur, Kottivakkam, Palavakkam, Neelankarai, Injambakkam, and Sholinganallur, said sources.