Key link road to OMR to be widened, re-laid.

The widening and re-laying of the Nookampalayam-Perumbakkam Road, which connects several residential colonies with Rajiv Gandhi Salai and Medavakkam via Perumbakkam Main Road, has finally begun.

The present width of the road, 3.75 metres, was found insufficient for the movement of heavy vehicles, including container lorries carrying building materials to the housing colonies coming up on both sides of the road.

St. Thomas Mount Block officials said the 3.3-km-long road from Arasankazhani to Perumbakkam near the village panchayat office would be widened by 5.5 metres. “The road has different measurements at different traffic points. Hence, we are taking up road widening wherever possible to ensure smooth two-way traffic up to Arasankazhani,” an official said.

Even as several roads in the city are being widened to accommodate the heavy traffic, the the Nookampalayam-Perumbakkam Road has been ignored and motorists using it find it unmotorable. IN 2015, after the floods, residents approached the departments concerned.

THE HINDU