Long hours of wait at Retteri junction on Inner Ring Road is expected to be a thing of the past soon, as work on the Rs 52.72 crore flyover connecting the western and northern parts of the city has been fast-tracked.
Workers of the State Highways Department, the executive agency of the multi-crore project, are busy constructing concrete pillars on the Perambur-Red Hills Main Road.
“Structural work such as constructing pillars and concrete decks are on . The entire work is expected to be completed by next year,” said a State Highways official.
More than 50,000 vehicles use the junction which connects the west and the north-west to the northern pockets of the city.
The junction has always been chaotic with vehicles lined up for more than a kilometre.
Adding to the woes, a large number of container lorries from Tiruvallur and Sriperumbadur use the stretch to reach the port.
“As the flyover at Moolaikadai is half-built, the Retteri junction is an easy route for us to reach the central parts of the city via New Avadi Road and Kilpauk Garden Road. Early completion of the flyover would put an end to our ordeal,” says S. Raman, a motorist from Perambur.
As per the project plan, which was started last October, the flyover is three-lane, a kilometre long and around 11 metres wide and can accommodate two buses at a time. The flyover will connect Padi with the Madhavaram side.
Apart from the main carriageway, the flyover would also have channels to discharge excess rainwater from the flyover, which would be collected in a pit beneath the flyover.
High mast lamps and reflectors would be provided to make the facility safer.
