A long-pending demand of the district is likely to be met soon, with the National Highways (NH) wing of State Highways Department preparing a detailed project report to develop the Coimbatore - Pollachi Road into a four-lane one.
An official of the department told The Hindu that the work would be taken up on 25 km from the junction near Karpagam College to Aatchipatty. There is adequate space on either side of the road to be developed without land acquisition.
The surveys have been completed and the detailed project report is expected to be ready in a couple of weeks. It will be sent to the Union Government by the State Government for approval and fund allocation.
The entire project is likely to take off in a couple of months.
Details of the width of the four-lane road and project cost will be known once the DPR is ready. Almost all the trees (nearly 1,700 of them) on either side of the road will have to be felled for this project. Initially, the National Highways Authority of India was working on the four-lane project. However, the State Highways department decided to take up the project as land acquisition was not required on this stretch, the official said.
