A flyover cum subway project of the civic body in Thiruvanmiyur area which was proposed in last year’s budget of the Chennai Corporation remains a non-starter. The project which was planned to ease traffic in the congested and busy traffic junctions in the city, Thiruvanmiyur is not scheduled to take off. It was not possible to allocate funds for the project in the 2010-11 budget is all that the chennai Mayor would say. We do not have funds for such a large project. The corporation needs around Rs.120 Crore for just land acquisition.”

The next fiscal the civic body would be investing around Rs.400 Crore, as its share, in construction of storm water drains and strengthening of canals under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission. Even for this we may have to obtain loan throwing some light on the financial crunch the corporation is facing. Several residents of Thiruvanmiyur, however, want the Corporation to construct either a flyover or a subway near the junction. Traffic changes, such as the one under which vehicles from ECR are being diverted through 22nd East Street, South Avenue and 8th East Street has only made it more difficult. The flyover is very important for the junction. “Thiruvanmiyur is the entry point for all traffic from ECR. Several long distance buses take this route.

 “The Corporation spent a lot of money to construct a flyover on Cenotaph Road for which too it had spent a lot of money on land acquisition. They even fought battles in the High Court and ensured that the flyover came up. The residential associations are planning agitations if the flyover-cum-subway project at Thiruvanmiyur junction is dropped’’.

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