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Traffic system to be overhauled in Kollam

TAKING STOCK: Kollam Superintendent of Police K. Sanjay Kumar conducting an on-the-spot study of the traffic situation in the city on Friday.

KOLLAM: The police are getting ready to implement a better traffic management system in the city.

K. Sanjay Kumar who recently took charge as the Kollam Superintendent of Police conducted an on-the-spot study of the road and traffic situation in the city on Friday evening.

Talking to The Hindu, Mr. Sanjay Kumar said in his opinion the entire traffic signal system at Chinnakada was not correct. The system was confusing and should be changed. Pedestrians should also be given importance when it came to crossing the roads at various points in Chinnakada.

He said the inspection was to held to familiarise himself with the traffic situation, especially the bottlenecks. The points where structural changes will have to be made are being identified. So there will be new parking and non-parking stretches in the city in the larger interests of streamlining the traffic management system.

He said the cooperation of the people was of utmost importance in implementing a good traffic management system. The government has charted a special programme to enlist people’s cooperation in this connection and the same is being implemented through the police.

Taluk level meetings in this connection are already over and the district-level meeting to coordinate the suggestions that came up during the taluk meetings will be held at 11 a.m. on July 6 at Sopanam mini-auditorium here.

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