The Corporation Council on Wednesday resolved to take up in the first phase D.B. Road and T.V. Samy Road for the model roads project. A resolution passed at the urgent council meeting said that the Corporation would take up the D.B. Road project at Rs. 3.20 crore and T.V. Samy Road at Rs. 2.27 crore.
The Corporation had taken up model roads project as part of the non-motorised transport scheme in association with the non-government organisation Institute for Transportation and Development Policy. It first undertook architectural survey works, prepared model road design and then prepared project report with support from architects.
After that, it roped in five firms to prepare model plans and detailed project reports for the roads it had selected – NSR Road, T.V. Samy Road, Masakalipalayam Road (from Avinashi Road to Masakalipalayam Link Road), Sanganoor Road, Race Course Road, Masakalipalayam Road (from G.V. Residency to Trichy Road) and D.B. Road.
After getting the detailed project report, the Corporation had now decided to go ahead with the model road project on D.B. Road and T.V. Samy Road by dividing those in to five and four stretches respectively. On Wednesday, the council accorded administrative sanction for the projects. The model roads would have ducts for laying cables or pipelines, broad pedestrian-friendly pathways and vendors’ zones.
The Corporation decided to call for expression of interest for introducing bicycle sharing system, taken up the integrated bus stand project in Vellalore at Rs. 202.80 crore with funds from either TUFISIL or TUFIDCO, urge the Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board to work for improving water supply in Kavundampalayam and Vadavalli and approved of some resolutions.
