Rs. 204 crore for ECR-OMR link road.

A new link road between East Coast Road (ECR) and Rajiv Gandhi Salai or Old Mahabalipuram Road (OMR), spanning only 1.4 km, will be a reality shortly, with the State government sanctioning funds .

The existing link roads are in Akkarai and Tiruvanmiyur, nearly 12 km apart. This link road will be nearly midway between the old link roads. As per the alignment, the new link road will begin at Neelankarai on ECR and join the radial road at the Thoraipakkam junction.

The State government has sanctioned Rs. 204 crore for the project.

According to studies, the road, when completed, would take, at least, 30 per cent of traffic from the Pallavaram-Thoraipakkam radial road and help ease traffic congestion at the Sholinganallur junction. Around 80,000 vehicles use the radial road and another one lakh use the OMR every day.

THE HINDU